| Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 了 |
乛亅 |
liǎo |
1. Variant of 尞 |
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2. Variant of 潦 |
事 |
亅一口⺕ |
shì |
1. thing; matter | |
唔係 咩 大 件 事 - is not anything terribly important (lit. "is not any sort of large matter") |
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到底 係 咩 回 事 呀？ - What happened? / Exactly what is happening? (lit. "Exactly what matter is it?") |
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2. task; work; job; career |
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3. misfortune; mishap; accident; incident |
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惹事 - to cause trouble |
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你 冇事 就 好。 - I am glad to see that you are fine. |
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4. responsibility; involvement |
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這裡 沒 你 的 事。 - You have no business here. |
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唔 關 我 事 㗎 - It has nothing to do with me! |
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5. (dialectal Hakka, Min Bei, Min Zhong) speech; words; language |
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建甌事 - tr=Gṳ̿ing-é-dī, Jian'ou dialect, MB |
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6. (literary) to serve; to attend to someone |
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7. to be engaged in |
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不 事 生產 - to lead an idle life |
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8. (Beijing Mandarin, erhua-ed) fussy; pernickety; troublesome |
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他 這 人 特 事兒r。 - He is a very fussy person. |
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9. 27th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "duties" (?) |
| zì |
10. Alternative form of 倳 (to establish) |
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11. Alternative form of 剚 (to stab) |
小 |
亅八 |
xiǎo |
1. small, tiny, little | |
小孩 - child |
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(ant, zh, 大) |
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2. minor, petty |
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3. briefly, for a short while |
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小憩 - brief rest |
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4. slightly, a little |
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5. young |
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小狗 - puppy |
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小貓 - kitten |
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小羊 - lamb |
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這 嬰兒 太 小 了，不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself. |
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(ant, zh, 老) |
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6. (the) youngest |
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小兒子 - youngest son |
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7. a young person; child, kid, baby |
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一家老小 - the entire family, old and young |
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8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people). |
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For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李. |
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9. (humble) my, our |
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小弟 - humble I |
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小女 - humble my daughter |
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小的 - humble I |
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10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school) |
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11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school. |
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12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School |
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13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education. |
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14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school) |
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15. (dialectal) concubine |
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16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck. |
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小 你！ - Duck you! |
| xiǎo |
17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小. |
丁 |
一亅 |
dīng |
1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems | |
2. fourth |
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丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane) |
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3. robust; vigorous |
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4. male adult; man |
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壯丁 - able-bodied man |
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5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family |
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人丁 - person |
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6. small cube |
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肉丁 - pork cubes |
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7. (literary) to encounter |
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8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.) |
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撈lou1丁 - |
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丁 肇-中 - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist) |
| zhēng |
9. Only used in 丁丁 |
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10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis |
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11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual |
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12. Variant of 叮 |
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13. Variant of 盯 |
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14. Variant of 釘 |
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15. Variant of 靪 |
