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貴姓﹖

百姓

What is your (family) name?

the people of a nation

Note: In East Asia there are very large numbers of people who carry the same family name. Thus, with just a few family names (a hundred is suggested here) an entire nation of people can be accounted for.

gwai-3 sing-3

bak-8 sing-3


中一月山金

一日
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好看

不好看

給人看

interesting to look at or read / good-looking
uninteresting to look at or read / ugly, not good-looking
show someone (something)

hou-2 hon-3

bat-7 hou-2 hon-3

kap-7 jan-4 hon-3


女弓木

一火

女火人一口
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看書

一本書

四書

read (a book)

a book / one book

The Four Books

Note: The Four Books refer to a set of books probably written in ancient times. If it were referring to any four books, it would be written as 四本書.

hon-3 sy-1

jat-7 bun-2 sy-1

sei-3 sy-1


竹手月山

一木

田金
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本校

日校

my school / our school (humble polite)

day school

bun-2 hau-6

jat-7 hau-6


木一
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這個月 this month dze-3 go-3 jyt-9
人田十口
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一塊錢 one Hong Kong dollar jat-7 fai-3 tsin-4
金戈戈
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買賣 business / buying and selling mai-5 mai-6
田中月山金
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錢先生

有錢

有錢人

塊錢

一塊錢

本錢

Mr. Chin (Tsin)

have money / be rich

a wealthy person

money

one Hong Kong dollar

financial capital / capital

tsin-4 sin-1 sang-1

jau-5 tsin-4

jau-5 tsin-4 jan-4

fai-3 tsin-4

jat-7 fai-3 tsin-4

bun-2 tsin-4


竹土竹山

大月

土竹戈

木一
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學生

學校

學 ﹣

小學

中學

大學

student(s)

school(s)

learn how to ...

(a/the) primary school

(a/the) secondary school

the university

hok-9 sang-1

hok-9 hau-6

hok-9 ...

siu-2 hok-9

dzung-1 hok-9

dai-6 hok-9


竹手一

木卜金大

弓金
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