喎 (wo3 wo4 wo5 | wai1) : final particle for purpose of reminding

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喎

wo3 wo4 wo5

wai1

a final particle that works as a casual reminder, connoting a sense of expectation [wo3] or surprise [wo4]; sometimes used to report second-hand information [wo5]

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

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

喎

This word has been viewed 13558 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 27th May 2007 04:34 and last edited on 21st Jan 2014 05:54

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喎呵 wo1 ho2 = alas, it's the end of it, destroyed 粵

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媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

咁早返好少有喎粵
It's rare to see you back so early!
[Lit. so early return seldom have [particle]]

記得帶齊啲嘢喎! 粵
Remember to bring along all the stuff, okay!

你煮碟餸好香喎！粵
The dish cooked by you smells so good!

以前呢度啲生意重做得下嘅，但而家就喎呵囉粵
Doing business here used to be all right, but now, it's over.

睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired.
[Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]

你真係好嚴喎粵
You're really very strict, huh?

你係先至講，唔好貪口爽喎粵
Tell me only if it is true, don't say it for the mere fun of it.

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. ]

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 喎
Unicode code for this character: U+558e (off-site link)

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