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[粵] zai2 - Cantonese only | [國] 崽 [1] [n] son; child; kid; boy [2] [suffix] person; small animal, fowl or object [粵] zi2 [國] zi1 [adj] close; closely-woven Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: 亻 (#9)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 子存 |
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This word has been viewed 38579 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Nov 2017 03:13 |
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公仔 gung1 zai2 = a doll 粵 女仔 neoi5 zai2 = girl 粵 男仔 naam4 zai2 = boy 粵 肥仔 fei4 zai2 = fatty, fatso (male) 粵 耳仔 ji5 zai2 = ear 粵 生仔 saang1 zai2 = give birth 粵 銀仔 ngan4*2 zai2 = coins; small money 粵 公仔麵 gung1 zai2 min6 = instant noodles 粵 古仔 gu2 zai2 = story 粵 四眼仔 sei3 ngaan5 zai2 = four-eyes 粵 See all 346 compounds (CantoDict reports 354 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 38 examples containing 仔
我一點喺灣仔食晏。 粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m. ["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]
返學可以識到好多同學仔。 粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]
噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔 粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain. [Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]
有個叫平仔嘅學生起身 粵
A student called Ping stood up. [Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]
你不愧係爸爸嘅仔 粵
You should be proud to be your father's son. [lit. you no shame be father [possessive particle] boy]
不愧係爸爸嘅仔 粵
You're worthy of being your father's son. [Lit. worthy be father [possessive particle] boy]
啲細路仔匿埋喺張枱下便 粵
The kids are hiding under the table. [Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.]
你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。 粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know. [係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]
李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。 粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school. [There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]
我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。 粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children. [The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]
陳仔唔介意等多陣。 粵
Chan won't mind waiting a bit longer. [The Cantonese and English versions match each other almost word by word.]
佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋 粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.
佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯,唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩? 粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?
有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度,似乎想跳樓噃 粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
靚女一上車,小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢 粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards
女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞 粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.
你個仔咁高喎! 粵
Your son is quite tall! [When pronounced in tone 4, 喎 shows that the speaker is quite surprised. ]
陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。 粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]
我食公仔麵食到厭。 粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles. [Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ] Legend 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. |