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/kei4/ [1] this; her; its; their [2] this; that; the [3] an interrogative used to introduce a question /keoi5/ he; she; it; him; her /gei1/ (used in transliterations) Default PoS:  Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 八 (#12)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 具貝甚 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 12:56 | ||
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其他
kei4 taa1 = other; else
其它
kei4 taa1 = other (referring to things)
其實
kei4 sat6 = actually; in fact
尤其
jau4 kei4 = especially
尤其是
jau4 kei4 si6 = especially
求其
kau4 kei4 = casual; careless 粵
其他人
kei4 taa1 jan4 = other people
其等
keoi5 dei6 = they, them
名副其實
ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6 = be worthy of the name
與其
jyu5 kei4 = it's better ... than ... 國See all 67 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 其
其實我哋諗多咗 粵
Actually, we're thinking about this too much. [Lit. actually we think too-much Note: if you ask someone a simple question and they waste time running through every possible eventuality, this is a good phrase to bust out.]
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.]
表面上關係好好，但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉？ 粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)? 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: 其
Unicode code for this character: U+5176 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 其
Unicode code for this character: U+5176 (off-site link)
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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