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[1] [classifier] unit; piece (see Note) [2] [adj] individual; single Note: 個 is the most generic classifier in both Cantonese and Mandarin. It can take the place of many classifiers, and is handy to use if one does not know the classifier that is specific to a particular noun.
 Additional PoS:  Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
Radical: 亻 (#9)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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邊個
bin1 go3 = which; who 粵
每個
mui5 go3 = each; apiece
呢個
ni1 go3 = this 粵
一個
jat1 go3 = a, an, the, one, etc.
下個月
haa6 go3 jyut6 = next month
幾個
gei2 go3 = several
三個月
saam1 go3 jyut6 = trimester, three months
個自
go3 zi6 = each
今個月
gam1 go3 jyut6 = this month 粵
嗰個
go2 go3 = that one 粵See all 157 compounds (CantoDict reports 169 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 158 examples containing 個
我下個星期就返香港啦。 粵
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797]
有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋 粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree. [Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]
琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！ 粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)! [the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]
嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly! [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]
你唔要嘅話，可以送畀第二個 粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else. [Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]
我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗 粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work. [Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
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.]
馬鞍山站係一個架空車站 粵
Ma On Shan MTR Station is an elevated rail station. [架空 means elevated rail (as opposed to underground).]
佢喺個帳篷前面等緊朋友 粵
He's in front of a tent, waiting for his friend. [Lit. He at [counter] camping-tent front-face waiting friend]
個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體 粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk. [Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]
廁所魔鏡，世間上邊個最靚？ 粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all? [Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]
〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞 粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective. [Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]
有個叫平仔嘅學生起身 粵
A student called Ping stood up. [Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]
佢用把刀插入個員工 粵
He used a knife to stab the worker. [lit. he use [counter] knife enter-in [counter] worker. Std. Chinese: 他用一把利刀刺入一位員工]
佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼 粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward. [Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]
你以為我係邊個呀？ 粵
Who do you think I am?/Do you know who I am? [Lit. you mistakenly-believe I am who [particle]?]
你要做個有用嘅人 粵
Make yourself a useful person. [Lit. you need do [counter] useful [possessive particle] person]
呢個實驗最緊要係記性 粵
It's vital to remember what you're doing in this experiment. [Lit. this [counter] experiment[,] most important is memory Translated more directly: "the most important thing about this experiment is memory", but I don't think that's what's meant since the context is a chemistry experiment rather than psychology.]
以前有個經理咸濕佢 粵
There was a manager who sexually harassed him before. [Lit. before have [counter] manager sexually-harrass him]
在這個環境，這個〝場〞字是個量詞。 國
The character "場" is a classifier in this context. [口語：喺呢個環境，呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]
個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。 粵
Every student is worried about his grades. [Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]
戙個砧板喺度！ 粵
Stand the chopping board up here! [You need to physically point at a space to indicate where 喺度 is.]
用個筲箕隔咗D水! 粵
Use a colander to drain off the water! [You can also simply say "隔咗D水", without specifying what's to be used.]
李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。 粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school. [There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]
筆錢拖欠咗六個月。 粵
The payment has been six months in arrears. [Where Cantonese language uses a concrete word (拖欠) with substantial meaning as the verb, English language uses two function words (has been) as the verb. ]
呢個旅遊團以香港人為主。 粵
This tourist group consists mainly of Hongkong people. [以...為主 = take ... as the main thing]
可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。 國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.
現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。 粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.
如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。 粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?
如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！ 粵
If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight!
呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。 粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor. [(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
兜咗一個大緙。 粵
Move in a big round circle. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135490,135494#msg-135494]
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。 粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。 國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)
我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書 粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.
BB要食，快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度. 粵
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。 [Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋 粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.
佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？ 粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?
有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃 粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
我撴嚫個八月十五。 粵
I fell on my bottom. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824]
我在法國渡過了三個寒暑 國
I spent three winters and summers in France. ["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。 粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter. [In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗 粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned. [Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。 粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed. [Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]
我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂 粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事 粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark. [Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]
真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦 粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years. [Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]
我畀成日喊嗰個BB嘈醒咗 粵
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying. [Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]
似乎我幫唔到你，都係交個波畀人罷啦。 粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴 粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites. [Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]
聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人 粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently. [Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]
嗰個學生唔見咗部手機，手機重係新嘅添。 粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that. [重係...添 = at that]
踢咗兩場波﹐爛咗兩個波。 粵
We've got two soccer balls burst after two games. [兩場波 and 兩個波 are both patterned as 'numeral + measure + noun'. However, 場 is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 踢 whereas 個 is a noun measure (or classifier) that modifies the noun 波.]
邊個叫你做㗎,吓? 粵
Who told you to do this, really? [㗎 is a final particle used here to soften an assertive question. 吓 functions like a question tag that does not carry any actual meaning. ]
你個仔咁高喎! 粵
Your son is quite tall! [When pronounced in tone 4, 喎 shows that the speaker is quite surprised. ]
做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。 粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother. [In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]
呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。 粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient. [The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]
我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。 喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。 粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together
個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖 粵
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife.
一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易 粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.
呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢 粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨 粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed. [[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ] 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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