English

1. sound of sighing
2. possessive particle (Cantonese)
3. (archaic) to sigh
4. (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
5. used to express confidence or assert a fact
6. used to express doubt or inquire into the reasons behind something
7. "if you really ...", commonly used in a persuasion, request or complaint; the conjunction is added to the end of a clause, and followed by another clause with the word 就 zau6, to convey a strong if-then logical relation: if the second clause (either a request or statement) is not fulfilled, then the first clause is nullified
8. used with two noun phrases to indicate possession; denotes that the latter belongs to, or is a part of, the former; similar to English " 's "
9. (Cant.) possessive
10. Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5]
11. used to express disbelief, usually together with 又 (會) jau6 (wui5)
12. used in rhetorical questions to express exclamation, as a variant of sense 1 with a weaker interrogative sense
13. inserted between the modifying clause/phrase and the noun; often translated as "that" or "which" in English
14. used in statements to weaken the speaker's tone to express doubt or hesitation; sometimes uttered with a prolonged pronunciation
15. used to weaken the speaker's tone to express an understatement
16. usually used with 咪 mai6 or 又係 jau6 hai6 to remind the hearer of a past event
17. used to cite a fact as evidence in defense

粵語

1. 表示對某件事有信心、肯定，強調句子真確
2. 表示疑問，用嚟詢問原因
3. 喺遊説、請求、控訴入面成日用，放喺一個子句後面，而後面要有多個「就」字句，形成一種條件性嘅邏輯關係，如果第二子句嘅要求達唔到，就即係第一子句講嘅嘢都唔再成立
4. 用嚟連接兩個名詞短語，表示從屬關係，指後者屬於前者，或者係前者一部份
5. 表示唔相信，好多時會同「又（會）」連用
6. 以詰問形式表示感歎
7. 用短句去為名詞添加附加描述嗰陣，放喺短句後面、名詞前面
8. 陳述嘅時候弱化語氣，表示疑惑、猶豫；有時會拖長啲嚟講
9. 弱化陳述語氣，輕描淡寫
10. 好多時同「咪」或者「又係」一齊用，提醒對方過去發生嘅事
11. 喺舉出事實辯解嘅時候用

Variants

• 慨simplified

Words containing 嘅

• 嘅話ge3 waa2

  as said

• 嘅啫ge3 ze1

  it is (spoken)

• 弗嘅fat1 ge3

  lunatic

• 忽嘅fat1 ge3

  lunatic

• 嘅嘢ge3 je5

  thing that is despised, not valued or welcomed

• 嘅唧ge3 zek1

  used to express a strong amount of certainty

• 全部我嘅cyun4 bou6 ngo5 ge3

  all mine [colloquial]

• 阿公嘅aa3 gung1 ge3

  describe resources that are public

• 你嘅nei5 ge3

  your's (spoken)

• 我嘅ngo5 ge3

  mine (spoken)

• 傻嘅so4 ge3
• 採嘅coi2 ge3
• 嘅咯ge3 lok3
• 佢嘅keoi5 ge3

  one's (spoken)

• 咩嘅me1 ge3
• 嘅喇ge3 laa2

  a modal particle used at the end of a statement to indicate assertion; to affirm a statement as it's to be understood as a statement of fact [colloquial]

• 又係嘅jau6 hai6 ge3

  an expression usually followed by a friendly yet direct criticism of somebody's faults

• 唔係嘅話m4 hai6 ge3 waa2

  if not (spoken)

• 嚟嘅lai4 ge3

  a modal particle to strengthen or confirm a statement, mostly when being used after a noun

• 嘅嗟ge3 ze1
• 表情嘅biu2 cing4 ge3
• 無用嘅mou4 jung6 ge3
• 宿舍嘅suk1 se3 ge3
• 係噉嘅hai6 gam2 ge2

  introductory filler; something like "well...", "look, ..."