Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gè
- gě
English
- numerary adjunct, piece
- used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- pronunciation of the particle 㗎 (gaa3) before particles with an -o final due to assimilation
- the most general measure word; used for people, round objects, abstract things, such as questions / ideas, etc.
- used to indicate that the action is relatively easy, relaxing and even enjoyable; added in predicate-object constructions, usually pronounced unstressed
- single
- (bound form) individual
- used before nouns (including nouns that usually take a different measure word, abstract nouns and uncountable nouns) to highlight a specific type of the thing in question
- dollar; used for non-rounded quantities of money
- ten thousand dollars; when it represents ten thousand, it is seldom preceded by the numerals 1-9 but instead by numerals ≥10; other restrictions include that it cannot be followed by 半 bun3 (a half), 幾 gei2 (several), nor pair with the suffixes 水 seoi2 (money) or 嘢 je5 (things)
粵語
- 助詞「㗎」(gaa3)同某啲-o韻助詞連用嗰時,受語音同化而產生嘅讀音
- 最常用嘅量詞,用喺人、圓型嘅物件、抽象嘅概念等等
- 加插喺述賓結構輕讀,表示完成相關動作相對輕易,甚至令人感到享受;通常輕讀
- 用喺名詞(包括本身用其他量詞嘅名詞、抽象名詞、不可數名詞),用嚟指嗰樣嘢嘅某一種類
- 蚊;講非整數嘅銀碼嗰時用嘅量詞
- 一萬蚊;表達萬蚊嗰陣,前面較少配1-9,多數配十以上嘅數詞;後面唔會配「半」、「幾」,亦唔會配「水」或「嘢」,同盤、餅、雞、皮用法有少少唔同
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 個
- 一個jat1 go3
a; an; one
- 個體go3 tai2
an individual
- 這個ze3 go3
(pronoun) this
- 個人go3 jan4
an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
- 那個naa5 go3
that one
- 整個zing2 go3
whole
- 大個daai6 go3
grown up
- 哪個naa5 go3
which
- 個性go3 sing3
individuality
- 呢個ni1 go3
this
- 個別go3 bit6
individually; one by one
- 真個zan1 go3
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
- 個位go3 wai2
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
- 一個人jat1 go3 jan1
by oneself (without assistance)
- 個個go3 go3
each one individually; each and every
- 個個go3 go3
each one individually; each and every
- 個案go3 on3
individual case; special case
- 邊個bin1 go3
(pronoun) who
- 下一個haa6 jat1 go3
the next one
- 個子go3 zi2
stature; height; size (of a person or object)
- 兩個loeng5 go3
two; two items [written and colloquial]
- 細個sai3 go3
(adjective
- 每個mui5 go3
each; every
- 逐個zuk6 go3
one by one; one after another