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 13282 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
See all 37 compounds (CantoDict reports 39 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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

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