classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
卡位
kaa1 wai2
a strategic position: derives from football or basketball where in the midst of the game, when the ball is in the mid-air, the player accurately anticipates the falling position of the ball and grabs the very opportunity to stand in the strategic position in order to block the opponents out of their position and eventually obtains the control of the ball
game; booth seats on train; booth seats in café and restaurants
可以
ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
比
bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
你
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
帶埋
daai3 maai4
to bring also, as well; to bring along
最
zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
親愛
can1 oi3
dear
嘅
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
朋友
pang4 jau5
friend
或者
waak6 ze2
or
女朋友
neoi5 pang4 jau5
girlfriend
一齊
jat1 cai4
(adverb) all together
坐
zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
係
hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
度
dou6
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
打機
daa2 gei1
to play video games
Learn Stroke Order
See how to write "親愛" with stroke-by-stroke animation