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fo2 po1
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classifier for plants, flowers and vegetables Jyutping fo2 used to be literary reading; po1 has been colloquiual. Today, however, some people would say that 棵 is Mandarin only and should be read only as fo2 in Cantonese; and that 樖 [po1] has completely replaced 棵 in Cantonese.
Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: 木 (#75)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 6416 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by rathpy on 19th Mar 2007 05:54 and last edited on 2nd Sep 2013 04:57 |
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唔好為咗一棵樹,而放棄成個森林 m4 hou2 wai6 zo2 jat1 po1 syu6, ji4 fong3 hei3 seng4 go3 sam1 lam4 = don't focus on only one girl, hence give up other girls 粵 |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 棵
有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋 粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree. [Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide] 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. |