著 (zyu3 zoek3 | zhu4 zhuo2) : famous; write; writing; wear; clothing

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著

zyu3 zoek3

zhu4 zhuo2

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

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

1. 著 is still used as a non-standard variant of 着 in HK. 2. 著 has started to lose its "wear/don" definition (as well as the zoek3 reading) to 着. See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

著 / 着

This word has been viewed 22322 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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著衫 zoek3 saam1 = to dress; to wear clothes 粵

瞓著 fan3 zoek6 = variant of 瞓着粵

著鞋 zoek3 haai4 zhuo2 xie2 = to wear shoes 粵

意味著 ji3 mei6 zoek6 yi4 wei4 zhe5 = variant of 意味着國

著重 zoek6 zung6 zhuo2 zhong4 = variant of 着重

著涼 zoek6 loeng4 zhao2 liang2 = variant of 着涼國

著手 zoek6 sau2 zhuo1 shou3 = variant of 着手

著想 zoek6 soeng2 zhuo2/zhao2 xiang3 = variant of 着想

著急 zoek6 gap1 zhao2/1 ji2 = variant of 着急

著名 zyu3 ming4 zhu4 ming2 = famous; well-known; celebrated
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Showing all 17 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.

佢淨係鍾意著紅色裙,冇得解嘅。粵
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.

佢嘅穿著好有品味。粵
(s)He has a good taste in clothes.
[Literally: His/Her (way of) wearing (clothes) really has taste [in other words: "is very tasteful"]. instead of "佢嘅穿著", you may also say "佢嘅衣著/佢著衫".]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]

我𠱓你幾耐你先肯著返條褲呀？粵
How long did I have to nag you before you agreed to put your pants back on?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,120693]

佢著嚫高踭鞋都拗柴。
Every time she wears high-heels she twists her ankle.
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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