個字 (go3 zi6 | ) : five minutes

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個字

go3 zi6

five minutes

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

個字

This word has been viewed 4612 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Oct 2005 20:20 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

個 go3 - unit; individual
字 zi6 - word; glyph

12 compounds containing this word:

二個字 - ten minutes
三個字 - fifteen minutes (also 一個骨 in telling time)
四個字 - twenty minutes
五個字 - twenty-five minutes
六個字 - thirty minutes (also 半 in telling time)
七個字 - thirty-five minutes
八個字 - forty minutes
九個字 - forty-five minutes (also 三個骨 in telling time)
十個字 - fifty minutes
十一個字 - fifty-five minutes
十二個字 - sixty minutes
一個字 - one word; one character; five minutes

Showing all 2 examples containing 個字

而家幾點鐘? 而家係三點三個字。粵
What time is it now? It's a quarter past three.

而家差兩個字七點粵
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

個自 go3 zi6 = each

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Decimal representation of this word: 個字

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