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[1] [v] have charge of; control; manage; preside over [2] [n] (government) department Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 可何荷 |
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This word has been viewed 16560 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 |
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公司
gung1 si1 = company; firm; corporation
行公司
haang4 gung1 si1 = go shopping 粵
派司
paa1 si2 = a pass; to pass
打官司
daa2 gun1 si1 = to go to court; to bring a lawsuit
刁司
diu1 si1*2 = deuce (loanword, also 刁士,丟士,刁時)
司法人員
si1 faat3 jan4 jyun4 = judicial staff
有限公司
jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 = limited liability company
司機
si1 gei1 = a driver (of a car)
司法
si1 faat3 = judicial; administration of justice
司令
si1 ling6 = commanding officerSee all 226 compounds (CantoDict reports 255 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 8 examples containing 司
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。 粵
He stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job. [Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ]
陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。 粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378] 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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Unicode code for this character: U+53f8 (off-site link)
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