句 (geoi3 ngau1 | ju4 gou1) : (lang.) sentence

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句

geoi3 ngau1

ju4 gou1

[1] a sentence; words
[2] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

句

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Nov 2009 21:31

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稟神都冇句真 ban2 san4 dou1 mou5 geoi1 zan1 bing3 shen2 dou1 mao3 ju4 zhen1 = sb. unreliable; not trustworthy 粵

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
See all 32 compounds (CantoDict reports 34 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 句

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

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 句
Unicode code for this character: U+53e5 (off-site link)

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