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  zyu3 zoek3   jyutping
  zhu4 zhuo2   pinyin
[] zyu3 | [] zhu4
[1] [adj] famous; celebrated; prominent
[2] [v] write; compile; record
[3] [n] writing; book; literary work
[4] [n] aboriginal; aborigine

[] zoek3 | [] zhuo2
[v,n] wear, don; be dressed in; clothing

1. is still used as a non-standard variant of in HK. 2. has started to lose its "wear/don" definition (as well as the zoek3 reading) to . See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#140)

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

This word has been viewed 22208 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Apr 2017 05:28

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detail  zoek3 saam1   = to dress; to wear clothes
detail  fan3 zoek6   = variant of 瞓着
detail  zoek3 haai4  zhuo2 xie2 = to wear shoes
detail  ji3 mei6 zoek6  yi4 wei4 zhe5 = variant of 意味着
detail  zoek6 zung6  zhuo2 zhong4 = variant of 着重
detail  zoek6 loeng4  zhao2 liang2 = variant of 着涼
detail  zoek6 sau2  zhuo1 shou3 = variant of 着手
detail  zoek6 soeng2  zhuo2/zhao2 xiang3 = variant of 着想
detail  zoek6 gap1  zhao2/1 ji2 = variant of 着急
detail  zyu3 ming4  zhu4 ming2 = famous; well-known; celebrated
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Showing 10 of 17 examples containing 著
detail 真係得著
You came at the right time
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]
detail 真係唔著時
You come at a bad time.
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]
detail 今天天空
The sky is filled with clouds today
[朵: do2 and doe2 are equally correct.]
detail 唔單只,講話重開
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.
detail 睡眼惺忪小學生校車
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.
detail audio 國家政府一直監察最好自己小心
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.
detail audio 隨口講著衫獨沽一味點知借啲意隔日
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.
detail 天真爛漫孩子無憂無慮生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world.
detail 而家梗係聯絡
He is definitely uncontactable now since he is on the run.
detail 真係著時適值屋企
Came at the right time, just when he is home.
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