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張枱上面得翻三隻杯。
zoeng1 toi4*2 soeng6 min6 dak1 faan1 saam1 zek3 bui1
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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.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 2 |
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zoeng1 - stretch; tense 枱 toi4*2 toi4 - table 上面 soeng6 min6 - [1] above; on top [2] Mainland China 得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must 翻 faan1 - turn upside down 三 saam1 saam3 - three; several 隻 zek3 - classifier for animals & containers 杯 bui1 - cup; glass |
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| This sentence was added by C Chiu and last edited on 11th Oct 2015 07:20 | |
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