prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
布殊
bou3 syu4
Cantonese translation of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of United States of America, or George W. Bush, the 43rd, shortened to just "Bush"
過身
gwo3 san1
(verb) to pass away; departed
前
cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
在
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
社交
se5 gaau1
socializing
媒體
mui4 tai2
media
稱
can3
to fit
to match
to suit
to go with
fit
suitable
symmetrical
完全
jyun4 cyun4
completely; wholly
不
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
接受
zip3 sau6
accept
他
to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
不能
bat1 nang4
cannot
投票
tau4 piu3
vote
給
kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
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