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
窿
lung4
mine shaft
gallery
太平洋
taai3 ping4 joeng4
Pacific Ocean
之
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
窗
coeng1
window
過
gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
一些
jat1 se1
some
就是
zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
史
si2
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
chronicle
a surname
酷
huk6
ruthless
strong (e.g. of wine)
(loanword) cool
hip
stimulating
very
extremely
deeply
cruel
merciless
brutal
fashionably attractive or impressive
比
bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
狗
gau2
dog M: 只zhī [只]
条tiáo [条]
a pistol
a prison officer
damned
cursed
football
石
sek6
rock
stone
stone inscription
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
mineral elements in medicine
a surname
stone made-
unproductive
mineral
KangXi radical 112
不過
bat1 gwo3
however
是
si6
is
其中
kei4 zung1
amongst
塊
faai3
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
gap
vagina
cunt
之一
zi1 jat1
one of
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