Chinese Character 咗 (zo2 | zuo3) : particle marking perfective aspect

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咗
zo2 zuo3
particle marking perfective aspect or continuous state Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing only 粵 Stroke count: 8 Level: 2 Radical: 口 (#30)
咗
This character was last edited on 14th May 2007
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有咗 jau5 zo2 you3 zuo2 = already have; be pregnant粵做咗 zou6 zo2 zuo4 zuo3 = become, became; have done粵食咗 sik6 zo2 shi2 zuo3 = have eaten粵唔見咗 m4 gin3 zo2 m2 jian4 zuo3 = lost; lost sight of; unable to find; missing粵爛咗 laan6 zo2 = broken, fallen apart (physically)粵壞咗 waai6 zo2 = broken, malfunctioning粵打爛咗 daa2 laan6 zo2 = broken (as a result of an impact)粵除咗 ceoi4 zo2 = except; excluding粵食咗飯未呀 sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3 = how are you? (informal)粵嬲咗 nau1 zo2 = angry already粵 See all 40 compounds
Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 咗我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵 edit I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home. 我呢排食少咗嘢粵 edit I've recently been eating less. 呢個聖誕唔好為咗我使錢！粵 edit Don't spend your money on me this Christmas! 嗰隻碟打爛咗粵 edit That plate is broken. [打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.] 嗰部手提電話壞咗粵 edit That mobile phone is broken. [As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.] 佢出咗街噃! 粵 edit He's gone out for sure! 你啲廣東話進步咗好多！粵 edit Your Cantonese has improved a lot! 你食咗飯未呀？粵 edit Have you eaten yet? [This is also commonly used as a greeting akin to "how are you"?] 佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？粵 edit He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick? 佢存放咗幾本書喺我呢處。粵 edit He has left a number of books with me. Show all 32 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 咗
Unicode code for this character: U+5497 (off-site link)

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