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  dei6 dei6*2   jyutping
  di4 dei1   pinyin
[] dei6
used after a personal pronoun to indicate plurality
[variant] | []

[] dei6*2
[1] [adv] somewhat; a bit; a little (used after a reduplicated adjective to form an adjectival phrase)
[2] [adv suffix] -ly (affixed to a reduplicated adjective to form an adverbial phrase)
[variant]

nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveadverb
Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
Radical: (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 16422 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Feb 2012 10:08

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detail  ngo5 dei6   = we
detail  nei5 dei6   = you (plural)
detail  keoi5 dei6  qu3 di4 = they; them
detail  jan4 dei6   = other people, everybody else; he, she, they; I, me
detail  keoi5 dei6 ge3   = their; theirs
detail  nei5 dei6 ge3   = your; yours (plural)
detail  ngo5 dei6 ge3   = our; ours
detail  jan4 dei6 ge3   = other people's
detail  de1 di6   = daddy
detail  ngo5 dei6 zi6 gei2/1  wo3 di4 zi4 ji3 = ourselves
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Showing 10 of 66 examples containing 哋
detail audio 我哋而家出門[]
We're leaving now.
[literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
detail 以後你哋?
How can I order from your [restaurant] in the future?
[Lit. Afterwards I how order you-guys?]
detail 你哋唔使
You don't need to fight with me!
detail 其實我哋多咗
Actually, we're thinking about this too much.
[Lit. actually we think too-much Note: if you ask someone a simple question and they waste time running through every possible eventuality, this is a good phrase to bust out.]
detail 畀你見到
I don't want to let you see.
[Lit. I not want give you-[plural marker] see-arrive]
detail 你哋真係
You're no good at fooling people.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people]
detail 你哋兄弟保重
You two take care of yourselves.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] two brothers take-care]
detail 佢哋嘅分別只有半年
There's only half a year's difference between them.
[Lit. Their difference only have half year]
detail audio 我哋可以圖書館或者返屋企
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.
detail audio 我哋一係圖書館一係返屋企
We either go the the library or go home.
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