隻 (zek3 | zhi1) : classifier for animals & containers

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隻

zek3

zhi1

[1] classifier for certain animals, containers, small boats, paired things, etc
[2] single; alone; one only
[3] [Hakka] a general numerical classifier equivalent to Mandarin "ge4"

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#172)

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

隻 / 只

Don't confuse with:
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This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2010 07:01

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大隻佬 daai6 zek3 lou2 = a big man 粵

隻抽 zek3 cau1 = one on one fight 粵

船隻 syun4 zek3 = ships; vessels

三隻手 saam1 zek3 sau2 = a pickpocket

大隻 daai6 zek3 = hefty

每隻 mui5 zek3 = every

隻眼開隻眼閉 zek3 ngaan5 hoi1 zek3 ngaan5 bai3 = turn a blind eye

呢隻 ni1 zek3 = this kind

蹻起隻腳 kiu5 hei2 zek3 geok3 = to sit with one leg placed over the other at the knee 粵

十隻手指有長短 sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2 = you sometimes cannot ask for absolute fairness
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 33 examples containing 隻

呢隻白酒好正㗎！? 粵
This brand of white wine is really good!

隻隻山羊都有兩隻角粵
Every goat has two horns.
[Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]

我將隻杯擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

隻杯我擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

嗰隻碟打爛咗粵
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]

隻雀嘅唱口幾好粵
That bird sings well.

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。粵
There are several birds on the tree.

我打死咗隻蚊。粵
I killed a mosquito.

一隻古靈精怪嘅動物粵
A weird and imaginative animal.

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 隻
Unicode code for this character: U+96bb (off-site link)

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