structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
四
sei3
(slang) labourer
個
go3
individual
this
that
size
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
海盜
hoi2 dou6
pirate
同一
tung4 jat1
the same
隻
zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
寵物
cung2 mat6
pet
佢
heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
根本
gan1 bun2
essentially
唔知
m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
道
dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
山
saan1
mountain
治
zi6
to harness (a river)
to treat (a disease)
to wipe out (a pest)
to punish
to research
to instruct
peaceful and orderly
a surname
嘅
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
存在
cyun4 zoi6
existence
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