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[1] [v] add; increase; replenish [2] [v] give birth to (a baby); have (a baby) [3] [粵] [adv] more; again | [國] 再 [4] [粵] [final particle] in addition; even; too [5] [粵] [final particle] conveys a sense of regret Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
Radical: 水 (#85)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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增添 zang1 tim1 = to increase; to add to 添補 tim1 bou2 = fill (up), replenish 加添 gaa1 tim1 = foment 添飯 tim1 faan6 = to have another helping of rice 食物添加劑 sik6 mat6 tim1 gaa1 zai1 = food additive 添食 tim1 sik6 = [v] to repeat what has been done before; to do something again 添丁 tim1 ding1 = [v] to have a baby born into the family 畫蛇添足 waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1 = superfluous; ruining by over doing 錦上添花 gam2 soeng6 tim1 faa1 = icing on the cake 夫添 fu1 tim1 = "full team" (soccer term, a strong line-up) 粵 See all 16 compounds |
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Showing all 9 examples containing 添
食飽想瞓添! 粵
Feel sleepy when satiated. [Could be said by a person who has eaten too much. see also: 飯氣攻心]
其實呢,我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
佢唔單只問得好溜,講話重開口夾著脷添 粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.
原來係噉,反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you! [Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]
嗰個學生唔見咗部手機,手機重係新嘅添。 粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that. [重係...添 = at that] 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. |