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西裝
  tou3 sai1 zong1 sai2 zo2 laa3   jyutping
The suit has been cleaned.

[literal] (classifier) + 西裝 western suit + have washed + (final particle)

This simple sentence shows that passive construction in Cantonese does not always need a passive marker () as it does in English.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 2
套西裝洗咗喇

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 tou3  tao4  - cover; set; convention; copy; knot; trick
西裝  sai1 zong1  xi1 zhuang1  -  western style suit
 sai2  xi3  - wash; clear; sack; develop; shuffle
 zo2  zhu3 zuo5  - already
 laa3 laa1  la3 la1  - trumpet; lama; now
This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 4th Jun 2012 11:49
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