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咗
Mandarin · pinyin zuǒ
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- 咗
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3 · zuo3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zo2
Cantonese word readings for 咗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- (Cantonese) Used to indicate perfective aspect (i.e., the completion of an event or the undergoing of a change of state). Often implies the event happened in the past, but can also refer to events that are hypothesized/intended to be complete but not yet realized at the current moment. [from 19th c.]
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- A chant sound made while working.
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