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他的字根
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上學

上月

上個月

go to school

last month

last month

soeng-6 hok-9

soeng-6 jyt-9

soeng-6 go-3 jyt-9


竹月弓木

人田十口

下月

下個月

next month

next month

ha-6 jyt-9

ha-6 go-3 jyt-9


人田十口



女兒

一塊兒
一齊

一會兒
一陣間

這兒
這裹

那兒
那裹

daughter

together (written)
together (spoken)

in a short while (written)
in a short while (spoken)

here
here

there
there

noey-5 ji-4

jat-7 fai-3 ji-4
jat-7 tsai-4

jat-7 wui-6 ji-4
jat-7 dzan-6 gan-1

dze-3 ji-4
dze-3 loey-5

na-5 ji-4
na-5 loey-5


土竹戈

卜X

人一田日

弓中十田十

日弓日

卜卜一口

尸手弓中

卜田土女

兒子

子女
仔女

女子
女人

女子學校

son (written)
son (spoken)

children (written)
children (spoken)

woman (written)
woman (spoken)

(woman's / girl's) school

ji-4 dzi-2
dzai-2 also dzi-2

dzi-2 noey-5
dzai-2 noey-5

noey-5 dzi-2
noey-5 jan-4

noey-5 dzi-2 hok-9 hau-6


竹X竹山

人弓木

竹月弓木

木卜金大

到A去
去A

去年
舊年

go to A
go to A (spoken)

last year (written)
last year (spoken)

dou-3 A hoey-3
hoey-3 A

hoey-3 nin-4
gau-6 nin-4


人手

廿人土X


到A夾
夾A

上來

本來

come to A
come to A

come / come up

originally / from the start

dou-3 A loi-4
loi-4 A

soeng-6 loi-4

bun-2 loi-4


木一


坐下
坐低
sit down (w)
sit down (s)
dzo-6 ha-6
dzo-6 dai-1

一卜

人竹心一
Note: It is important not to confuse 低 (dai-1) with 底 (dai-2). The latter means bottom, below, or underneath.


坐車

上車

下車
落車

ride in a car

get into a car

get (off / out of) a car (w)
get (off / out of) a car (s)

dzo-6 tse-1

soeng-6 tse-1

ha-6 tse-1
lok-9 tse-1


人人土

卜一

一卜

廿水竹口


A呢。 a sentence tag word indicating continuance of action in a positive statement ne-1
人心木

水弓水

大月

木人人

女心木

竹手戈

一田女

人戈日女

人弓火

A呢﹖ a sentence tag word indicating suspense in negative statements or a question. ne-1


他沒有來呢。
Eg. 1- He has not come yet.
ta-1 mut-9 jau-5 loi-4 ne-1


她來不來呢﹖
Eg. 2 - Will she come?
ta-1 loi-4 bat-7 loi-4 ne-1


我要食。你呢﹖
Eg. 3 - I need to eat. And you?
ngo-5 jiu-3 sik-9
nei-5 ne-1
Note: In Hong Kong it is quite common to here le-1 instead of ne-1 for 呢.



A嗎﹖ a sentence tag word indicating a question

人弓火

女弓木

中一月山金

日一卜人

口人弓


你好嗎﹖
Eg. 1 - How are you?
lei-5 hou-2 ma-1


貴嗎﹖
Eg. 2 - Is it expensive?
gwai-3 ma-1


是嗎﹖
Eg. 3 - Is it so? / Is it?
si-6 ma-1


吃嗎﹖
Eg. 4 - Are you going to eat?
hek-8 ma-1

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