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  go2   jyutping
  ge4   pinyin
that


[variant] | []
pronoun
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
嗰 / 𠮶

This word has been viewed 19762 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Aug 2013 01:44

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detail  go2 dou6  ge4 du4 = there
detail  go2 wai6*2   = that one; that person
detail  go2 go3  ge4 ge4 = that one
detail  go2 di1  ge4 di4 = those
detail 便  go2 bin6  ge4 bian4 = there; that side
detail  go2 syu3  ge4 chu4 = there; that place
detail  go2 zan6 si4/4*2   = at that time
detail  go2 ci3  ge4 ci4 = that time
detail  go2 jat6  ge4 ri4 = that day; the other day
detail  go2 maan5  ge4 wan3 = that night; the other night
See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 37 examples containing 嗰
detail audio 餐廳好好
The food at that restaurant is excellent!
detail audio 嗰個女仔可愛
That girl is so cute.
detail 北京嗰度天氣點樣
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
[The 嗰度 is optional.]
detail audio 打爛咗
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]
detail audio 嗰部手提電話壞咗
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]
detail 我哋嗰個年代十七
We were 17 (years old) back then.
[Lit. We that generation 17 years old]
detail 畀我做嘢嗰度秘書收埋
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
detail 嗰啲聲音覺得好好
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!
[This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]
detail 係咪保險嗰啲
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?
detail 好聽好多
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]
detail 頭先email畀你嗰啲資料收到
Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet?
[Lit. I just-now email give you that information, you receive not-yet [particle]?]
detail 今日嗰啲乜嘢都九唔搭八
Nothing he wrote today made sense.
[Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]
detail audio 我哋食藥嗰陣時小心可能副作用
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.
detail audio 嗰啲全部
Nothing you said made any sense.
detail audio 但係
He/She is reading a book, but I can't see what it's called.
detail 餐廳例湯都係三幅被新鮮畀你
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
detail 真係kai
That guy is really nerdy!
detail 朝早稀冧冧晏晝
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
detail 社會氛圍
Back then, society had its own sets of norms.
detail 剩係得個講字唔使
That guy is just all talk and no action. Pay no attention to him.
detail 世界語啱啱傳入中國嗰陣  ?! 
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China...
[Lit. When Esperanto just-now introduced China that-time]
detail 上個禮拜乾洗
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]
detail 上個禮拜嗰啲乾洗
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]
detail 兩個禮拜
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
[Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]
detail 兩個禮拜鐘意衫舖
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]
detail 我哋開始懷疑有可能我哋嗰個殺人狂
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
detail 啱啱卡通好似𠵇𠺫唔知發生
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]
detail 成日嗰個BB
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying.
[Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]
detail 嗰陣時親眼見到獅子動物園嗰度出嚟
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)]
detail 聽日嗰啲準備?
Have you finished preparing the stuff you're talking about tomorrow?
[As this sentence consists of a long relative clause 聽日講嗰啲嘢, a topic-comment construction like the above is preferred to a subject-verb-object construction like 你準備好聽日講嗰啲嘢未. ]
detail 嗰個學生唔見咗手機手機重係
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that.
[重係...添 = at that]
detail 我哋嗰陣場面十分墟冚
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.
detail 等到返嚟嗰陣已經三日
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days.
[咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.]
detail 健身嗰個細佬
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother.
[In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.]
detail 結賬嗰陣時計埋租金保險燈油火臘賺得幾多
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.
detail audio 嗰個黐線佬喺度周街露械
That freak is flashing everyone all over the place.
detail 兩個禮拜鐘意衫舖
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

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