句 (geoi3 ngau1 | ju4 gou1) : sentence

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句

geoi3 ngau1

ju4 gou1

[粵] geoi3 | [國] ju4
sentence; clause; words

[粵] ngau1 | [國] gou1
[1] used in the name of an ancient Korean state (高句麗)
[2] variant of 勾

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

句

This word has been viewed 11265 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Sep 2013 15:27

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句號 geoi3 hou6 ju4 hao4 = period (at the end of a sentence)

詞句 ci4 geoi3 ci2 ju4 = words and sentences

造句 zou6 geoi3 zao4 ju4 = sentence-making

句子 geoi3 zi2 ju4 zi5 = a sentence (of words)

一句話 jat1 geoi3 waa6 = in a word

金句 gam1 geoi3 = epigram

一句句 jat1 geoi3*2 geoi3 yi1 ju4 ju4 = every sentence of

字斟句酌 zi6 zam1 geoi3 zoek3 zi4 zhen1 ju4 zhuo2 = weighing every word

例句 lai6 geoi3 li4 ju4 = example sentence

句法 geoi3 faat3 = [n] syntax; sentence structure

句讀 geoi3 dau6 = [n] punctuation

語句 jyu5 geoi3 = [n] a phrase, sentence, wording

絕句 zyut6 geoi3 jue2 ju4 = jueju, a poem of four lines

一句鐘 jat1 geoi3 zung1 = an hour

一句講晒 jat1 geoi3 gong2 saai3 = indicates that one should quit stalling and get to the point 粵

成句 sing4 geoi3 = whole sentence 粵

三句話不離本行 saam1 geoi3 waa6 bat1 lei4 bun2 hong4 san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 xing2 = talk shop; talk shop all the time 國

祈使句 kei4 sai2 geoi3 qi2 shi3 ju4 = [ling.] imperative sentence

喊到一句句 haam3 dou3 jat1 geoi3*2 geoi3 = wailing 粵

句句實話 geoi3 geoi3 sat6 waa6 ju4 ju4 shi2 hua4 = every word said is true; speak the truth

換句話說 wun6 geoi3 waa6 syut3 huan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1 = in other words 國

換句話講 wun6 geoi3 waa6 gong2 huan4 ju4 hua4 jiang3 = in other words 粵

講兩句 gong2 loeng5 geoi3 jiang3 liang3 ju4 = say something, just say a few words

話不投機半句多 waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 bun3 geoi3 do1 hua4 bu4 tou3 ji1 ban4 ju4 duo1 = nothing to say to each other (half a sentence seems too much)

句型 geoi3 jing4 ju4 xing2 = sentence pattern

心嗰句，口嗰句 sam1 go2 geoi3, hau2 go2 geoi3 xin1 ge3 ju4, kou3 ge3 ju4 = to say what is on one's heart 粵

一句起，兩句止 jat1 geoi3 hei2, loeng5 geoi3 zi2 yi1 ju4 qi3, liang3 ju4 zhi3 = unable to maintain a long conversation; unsociable 粵

出少句聲 ceot1 siu2 geoi3 seng1 chu1 shao3 ju4 sheng1 = keep quiet; that\'s enough already; don\'t say anymore; you\'ve said enough 粵

病句 beng6 geoi3 bing4 ju4 = sentence with grammar mistakes

句式 geoi3 sik1 ju4 shi4 = sentence pattern

稟神都冇句真 ban2 san4 dou1 mou5 geoi3 zan1 bing3 shen2 dou1 mao3 ju4 zhen1 = lie through one's teeth; lie like a gas meter 粵

數句 sou3 geoi3 shu4 ju4 = mathematical sentence

開句 hoi1 geoi3 kai1 ju4 = [math.] open sentence

句容 geoi3 jung4 ju4 rong2 = Jurong (place in Jiangsu)

句尾詞 geoi3 mei5 ci4 = sentence final particle

講真嗰句 gong2 zan1 go2 geoi3 = to tell you the truth 粵

俳句 paai4 geoi3 pai2 ju4 = haiku

Showing all 4 examples containing 句

麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
[Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]

佢仲同我呻(san3)咗幾句粵
He even lamented to me about the matter

佢唔聽我講，重𠱂返我幾句。粵
He wouldn't listen to me. He even said something in retort.

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

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Unicode code for this character: U+53e5 (off-site link)

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