嘅
简 慨 · 嘅 · 繁 嘅Meanings · koi3
- (final particle) used for emphasising a statement with surprise or doubt; (pronoun) 1. Which; 2. Who; (adjective suffix) working with an adjective before a noun
Meanings · ge2
- a final particle to imply assertion with doubt
- surprise
Meanings · ge3
- used as a possesive marker
- that
- which
- who
- an adjective suffix, usually affixed to an adjective and placed before a noun
- a final particle used to imply assertion with emphasis
Meanings · koi3
- indignant
- generous
- to sigh (with emotion)
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese嘅ge3↔Mandarin的de
Source note
CC-CEDICT line 23114: Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5]
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 嘅 has the reading koi3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is ge3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 嘅 koi3 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 嘅 gě CC-CEDICT · Mandarinpossessive particle (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 的 de
- 嘅 kǎi CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(archaic) to sigh
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: kai3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ge2 · ge3 · koi2 · koi3
Cantonese word readings for 嘅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
Definitions
- Possessive particle: -’s; of
- Used to link a noun, an adjective or a phrase to a noun to describe it. that; who
- Used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis.
- Used at the end of a conditional clause.
Definitions
- Used at the end of a sentence to show
- Used at the end of a sentence to show — Agreement or confirmation.
- Used at the end of a sentence to show — Doubt or surprise.
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