著 (zyu3 zo2 zoek6 zoek3 | zhe5 zhu4 zhuo2 zhao2) : (perfective aspect); prominent; wear; catch

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著

zyu3 zo2 zoek6 zoek3

zhe5 zhu4 zhuo2 zhao2

/zo2/
[粵](perfective aspect particle), also 咗

/zoek6/ [普]:/zhe5/
[普](continuous aspect particle)

/zyu3/ [普]:/zhu4/
[1] celebrated; famous; prominent [2] write; compile [3] book; writing; literary work

/zoek3/ [普]:/zhuo2/
[v] wear, put on, be dressed in; attach; settle; aborigine

/zoek6/ [普]:/zhao2/
burn; catch (e.g. fire, cold)

/cyu2/ [普]:/zhu3/
that which is between a door and a screen, same as 宁; [v] stand (for a long time), same as 佇; [v] store, save, [v] stockpile, same as 貯.

/cyu4/ [普]:/chu2/
(another name for 戊, the fifth heavenly stem)

着 is a vulgar variant of 著. 著 is standard in the ROC. 着 is standard in Hong Kong. In the PRC excluding Hong Kong, 著 is used for all usages pronounced "zhu4" in Pinyin, and 着 is used for all other usages.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

著 / 着

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Feb 2010 09:14

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著衫 zoek3 saam1 = to dress; to wear clothes 粵

著燈 zoek6 dang1 = to turn on the lights 粵

著火 zoek6 fo2 zhao2 huo3 = to catch fire; to start a fire

著鞋 zoek3 haai4 zhuo2 xie2 = to wear shoes 粵

向著 hoeng3 zoek6 xiang4 zhe5 = facing

睡著 seoi6 zoek6 shui4 zhao2 = asleep 國

瞓著 fan3 zoek6 = to be asleep 粵

本著 bun2 zoek6 ben3 zhe5 = based on

用不著 jung6 bat1 zoek6 yong4 bu5 zhao2 (PRC), yong4 bu4 zhao2 (Taiwan) = not need 國

意味著 ji3 mei6 zoek6 yi4 wei4 zhe5 = to signify
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 著

你真係嚟得著時粵
You came at the right time
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]

你真係嚟得唔著時粵
You come at a bad time.
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]

今天天空飄著朵朵雲國
The sky is filled with clouds today
[朵: do2 and doe2 are equally correct.]

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.

還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。國
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

天真爛漫的孩子們過著無憂無慮的生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world.

而家佢著緊草，梗係聯絡佢唔到啦粵
He is definitely uncontactable now since he is on the run.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

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