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個

简个 · 繁個

Mandarin · pinyin gě#

used in 自個兒 zì gě r

Mandarin · pinyin gè#

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
(bound form) individual

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個: gè · numerary adjunct, piece; single
个: gè · numerary adjunct, piece; single

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3 · ge3

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go3

Cantonese word readings for 個. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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single; alone; individual
height; build; stature
(dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) one
Generic classifier for people or for things lacking specific classifiers.
Classifier for hours and months.
(regional, colloquial) Alternative classifier for nouns having specific classifiers. (Usage varies greatly between different topolects)
(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Puxian Min, Wenzhounese) Classifier for money: yuan, dollar; buck
(Mandarin, Cantonese; slang) Classifier for money: ten thousand yuan, dollars, etc.
(Mandarin, colloquial) Particle, placed between a verb and numbers, showing that the following numbers are approximate, not accurate.
(Mandarin, Cantonese, colloquial) Particle, placed between a verb and its object or complement, adding a sense of ease, swiftness and one-offness to the action.
(Mandarin, colloquial) Particle used after 些 (xiē).
Particle between a verb and its complement.
(dialectal Mandarin) Particle used in some time-related words.
(literary or Wu, Xiang, Gan, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Min) (= 搿 (Northern Wu)) this; that
(dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Wu) Possessive particle. Equivalent to Mandarin 的 (de).
(dialectal) Sentence-final declarative, affirmative, or prohibitive particle. Equivalent to Mandarin 的 (de), 了 (le).
(dialectal) Sentence-final declarative, affirmative, or prohibitive particle. Equivalent to Mandarin 的 (de), 了 (le). — (Cantonese, pronunciation spelling) Vowel harmony form of 嘅 (ge3, “emphasis particle used at the end of declarative sentences”), pronounced as 個／个 (go3) when followed by sentence final particles with vowel o, such as 喎／㖞 (wo3).
(often dialectal) Emphatic particle between a pronoun and a noun, usually to highlight some negative quality of the person.
(Teochew) to be
(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the past tense.

character

(Cantonese) — only used in 自個／自个 (zìgě)

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