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[1] home; family; household [2] specialist in a certain field [3] person of certain trade or characteristics [4] school of thought [5] party; side; contender [6] classifier for firms or other enterprises Default PoS: Additional PoS: Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
Radical: 宀 (#40)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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大家 daai6 gaa1 = everybody 國家 gwok3 gaa1 = country 家人 gaa1 jan4 = one's family 而家 ji4 gaa1 = now; this moment 粵 一家大細 jat1 gaa1 daai6 sai3 = All Members of the Family. 搬家 bun1 gaa1 = move house 國 回家 wui4 gaa1 = return home; go home 國 家姐 gaa1 ze2*1 = elder sister 粵 全家 cyun4 gaa1 = the entire family 作家 zok3 gaa1 = author; writer See all 471 compounds (CantoDict reports 525 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 49 examples containing 家
我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now. [literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
我同佢而家冇拍拖 粵
Show all 49 examplesI'm not dating her any more. [Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.] 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. |