添 (tim1 | tian1) : append; add to; increase; replenish

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添

tim1

tian1

[1] [v] append; add to; increase; replenish (stock, etc.) [2] [v] have a baby

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

添

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th May 2010 04:27

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增添 zang1 tim1 zeng1 tian1 = to increase; to add to

添補 tim1 bou2 tian1 bu5 = fill (up), replenish

加添 gaa1 tim1 = foment

添飯 tim1 faan6 tian1 fan4 = to have another helping of rice

食物添加劑 sik6 mat6 tim1 gaa1 zai1 shi2 wu4 tian1 jia1 ji4 = food additive

添食 tim1 sik6 = [v] to repeat what has been done before; to do something again

添丁 tim1 ding1 = [v] to have a baby born into the family

畫蛇添足 waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1 hua4 she2 tian1 zu2 = superfluous; ruining by over doing

錦上添花 gam2 soeng6 tim1 faa1 jin3 shang4 tian1 hua1 = icing on the cake

夫添 fu1 tim1 = "full team" (soccer term, a strong line-up) 粵
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唔記得帶手提電話添！粵
Oh! I've forgotten to bring my mobile phone.

食飽想瞓添！粵
Feel sleepy when satiated.
[Could be said by a person who has eaten too much. see also: 飯氣攻心]

哎吔，我唔記得咗買橙返嚟添！粵
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.

其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot!
[呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]

佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.

九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦粵
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.

弊傢伙,唔記得帶封信添! 粵
Oh shit! I forget to bring along the letter.

原來係噉，反而係我畀你嚇一跳添粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you!
[Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]

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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: 添
Unicode code for this character: U+6dfb (off-site link)

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