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著衫

zoek3 saam1

[1] to dress; to wear clothes (Standard Chinese: 穿衣) [2] to put on a shirt | Note: 著 is often written as 着

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 952

著衫

著 zyu3 zoek3 zoek6 zhu4 zhuo2 zhe5 - to wear, to put on; celebrated; writing
衫 saam1 shan1 - shirt; gown; garment

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隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵 edit
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

This word was added by tym on 12th Aug 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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