an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
你
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要不
jieu3 bat1
otherwise
一些
jat1 se1
some
老
lou5
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outdated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
字
zi6
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract
号
hou6
number
的
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
小店
siu2 dim3
small shop
这
ze2
this
些
se1
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
a little
somewhat
连
lin4
link
锁
so2
lock
店
dim3
shop
餐
caan1
meal
to eat
classifier for meals, scolding, beating
a fix
dose of drug
a sex session
厅
ting1
hall
有
jau6
also
again
好吃
hou2 hek3
delicious
呢
ni1
this
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