隻 (zek3 | zhi1) : classifier for animals & containers

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隻

zek3

zhi1

[1] classifier for certain animals, containers, small boats, paired things, etc
[2] single; alone; one only
[3] [Hakka] a general numerical classifier equivalent to Mandarin "ge4"

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#172)

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

隻 / 只

Don't confuse with:
集

This word has been viewed 20349 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Oct 2010 07:01

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大隻佬 daai6 zek3 lou2 = a big man 粵

隻字不提 zek3 zi6 bat1 tai4 zhi1 zi4 bu4 ti2 = not a word of

隻抽 zek3 cau1 = one on one fight 粵

船隻 syun4 zek3 = ships; vessels

三隻手 saam1 zek3 sau2 = a pickpocket

大隻 daai6 zek3 = hefty

每隻 mui5 zek3 = every

隻眼開隻眼閉 zek3 ngaan5 hoi1 zek3 ngaan5 bai3 = turn a blind eye

呢隻 ni1 zek3 = this kind

蹻起隻腳 kiu5 hei2 zek3 geok3 = to sit with one leg placed over the other at the knee 粵
See all 35 compounds (CantoDict reports 36 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢隻白酒好正㗎！? 粵
This brand of white wine is really good!

隻隻山羊都有兩隻角粵
Every goat has two horns.
[Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]

我將隻杯擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

隻杯我擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

嗰隻碟打爛咗粵
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]

隻雀嘅唱口幾好粵
That bird sings well.

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。粵
There are several birds on the tree.

我打死咗隻蚊。粵
I killed a mosquito.

一隻古靈精怪嘅動物粵
A weird and imaginative animal.

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]

噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain.
[Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

除一隻襪塞佢個口。粵
Take off a sock and stick in his mouth. [To shut someone up.]

我隻手唔得閒，麻煩你幫我斟水！粵
My hands are full [at the moment]... could you get some water for me?
[lit. my [counter] hand not free, trouble you help me pour water]

張枱上面得翻三隻杯。粵
Only three cups are left on the table.
[In this sentence, the aspect marker 翻 merely connotes that there have been more than three cups on the table.]

一隻手就掅起桶水粵
He lifts up a bucket of water with just one hand.

因住畀門挾嚫隻手粵
Beware of the door which might squash your hand.

捹乾隻手粵
Shake off the water from the hand.

垃圾桶要扱實隻蓋粵
Cover the garbage can tightly with the lid.

我隻手瘀咗一笪粵
I've got a bruised patch on my arm.

呢隻古仔好㜺鬼粵
This story is really interesting.

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。 ?!
DELETE: There are several birds on the tree.

我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴，好有可能係因為我前日去公園。粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday.
[Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

有隻獅子喺動物園度走咗出嚟粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度唔見咗粵
A lion went missing from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度逃走咗粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.
[Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]

我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]

扐開隻烏蠅。粵
Flick away the fly.

佢隻手俾滾水焫嚫粵
The hot water scalded his hand.
[Lit. his [counter] hand by boiling-water scald-[bad effect]]

呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient.
[The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
[http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098]

揈乾隻手先至出去粵
Shake off water from your hand before going out.

佢隻狗有糖尿病，所以每日要打胰島素粵
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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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: 隻
Unicode code for this character: U+96bb (off-site link)

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