| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 呀 |
口牙 |
yā |
1. to be surprised |
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2. (Interjection for expressing surprise)/ |
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呀Yā！下雨 了！ - Ah! It's raining! |
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3. (onomatopoeia) creak |
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門 呀yā 的 一 聲 開 了。 - The door opened with a creak. |
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4. a classifier |
| ya |
5. (syn of zh, 啊#Pronunciation 5, 啊, Sentence-final exclamation particle). Normally used after words ending in -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü. |
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他 是 誰shéi 呀？ - Who is he? |
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6. Sentence-final particle for softening statements or questions. |
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你 頭先 去 咗 邊度 呀？ - Where did you just go? |
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7. Particle used after list items in a list of examples. |
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錢cin4-2 呀、手機 呀、電腦 呀、都 唔 見 嗮。 - Money, phone and computer are all missing. |
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8. Sentence-final particle expressing surprise and suspicion. |
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原來 係 佢 呀aa4。 - So it was him? |
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9. usage. The tone of the Cantonese sentence-final particles tr=zaa3 can be dropped to tone 4 to add disapproval, surprise and suspicion to the particle while also turning the statement into a question. |
| xiā |
10. (of mouth) opened |
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11. empty |
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12. (colloquial) -ty |
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卅呀aa6 - thirty |
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四 呀aa6 - forty |
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九 呀aa6 三 - ninety-three |
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13. usage. Equivalent to tr=sap6. |
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14. usage. It is used with single digit integers except two tr=jaa6 is used instead. |
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15. usage. It can be used with the shortened form of thirty tr=saa1 to mean the same. |
穿 |
穴牙 |
chuān |
1. to penetrate; to pierce | |
2. to pass through; to cross |
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3. to string; to chain |
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唔該 你 同 我 穿 返 條 鞋帶daai3-2。 - Help me put my shoelace back through the holes. |
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4. to wear; to put on (clothing); to have (clothing) on |
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我們 穿 綠色 的 運動鞋。 - We wear green sneakers. |
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5. (placed after verbs to indicate “thoroughly; completely”) |
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6. (Min) to wear; to put on (clothing); to have (clothing) on |
雅 |
牙隹 |
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1. Variant of 鴉 | | yǎ |
2. (literary) standard; proper; correct |
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3. elegant; graceful; refined |
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4. (polite) your; your esteemed; your gracious |
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5. (literary) friendship; companionship |
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6. (literary) usually; often |
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7. (literary) very much; extremely |
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8. a section in the consisting of dynastic hymns |
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9. (Teochew) pretty; beautiful |
邪 |
牙邑 |
xié, xiá |
1. wrong; evil; depraved; vicious; perverse; heterodox | |
邪念 - evil thought |
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2. unnatural; strange |
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3. disaster; calamity |
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4. (TCM) unwholesome environmental factor; pathogenetic factor |
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風邪 - pathogenic influence; cold |
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5. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 邪, id=1 |
| yé, yá |
6. Only used in 琅邪 (,) Alternative form of 琅琊 |
| shé |
7. Only used in 歸邪 |
芽 |
艹牙 |
yá |
1. bud; shoot; sprout | |
2. bud-shaped thing |
鸦 |
牙鸟 |
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1. Simplified form of 鴉 |
牙刷 |
牙刷 |
yáshuā |
1. n. toothbrush | |
2. Variant of 牙擦 |
牙膏 |
牙膏 |
yágāo |
1. n. toothpaste | |
擳 牙膏 - to squeeze toothpaste |
