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  fo2 po1   jyutping
  ke1   pinyin
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Jyutping fo2 used to be literary reading; po1 has been colloquiual. Today, however, some people would say that is Mandarin only and should be read only as fo2 in Cantonese; and that [po1] has completely replaced in Cantonese.
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Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#75)

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

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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detail ,  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

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detail 個人後面匿埋
There's someone hiding behind the tree.
[Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]
detail 男仔樹樁
The boy digs up a tree stump.
[Lit. [counter] man-child dig up [counter] tree-stump]

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