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過咗生

gwo3 zo2 saang1

[1] to be dead [2] [var.] 過咗身 [3] [Syn.] 唔喺度 , 死咗 , 香咗 [3] [華]: 不在了 , 去世 , 死了

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

過咗生

This word was added by Steph_fr on 14th Aug 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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過 gwo3 guo4 guo5 - pass through; across
咗 zo2 zuo3 - particle marking perfective aspect
生 saang1 sang1 sheng1/5 - life; birth

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