卒 (zeot1 cyut3 | zu2 cu4 ) : soldier; finish; finally

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卒

zeot1 cyut3

zu2 cu4

[粵] zeot1 [國] zu2
[1] soldier; pawn; servant
[2] finish; end; die
[4] finally; at last

[粵] cyut3 [國] cu4
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly | variant: 猝

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 十 (#24)

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

卒

This word has been viewed 4022 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Oct 2009 15:04

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卒之 zeot1 zi1 zu2 zhi1 = finally; in the end; at last 粵

過河卒 gwo3 ho4 zeot1 = (chess) a soldier in opponent's territory which can advance, but not retreat

過河卒子 gwo3 ho4 zeot1 zi2 = (chess) a soldier in opponent's territory which can advance, but not retreat

烏卒卒 wu1 zeot1 zeot1 = dark

身先士卒 san1 sin1 si6 zeot1 shen1 xian1 shi4 zu2 = 1. for a higher ranking soldier lead his men in a charge 2. for someone to take up a position of leadership leading people on

卒卒聲 zeot1*4 zeot1*2 seng1 = describes a very fast action or movement 粵

不堪卒讀 bat1 ham1 zeot1 duk6 bu4 kan1 zu2 du2 = unable to finish a book 國

Showing 1 example containing 卒

佢哋卒之喺返埋一齊粵
In the end they got back together again.
[卒之, as with 終於, implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]

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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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