粵

人jan4物mat2

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English

  1. person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
  2. character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
  4. figure; personage
  5. person in literature; character in a story

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 個人(量詞:位/個)
  2. 故事裏面嘅角色(量詞:位/個)

Examples

  • 我不嬲都鍾意啲神秘啲嘅人物。

    I always liked mysterious characters more.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我冇諗過,一個被視為文學界偉大人物嘅人,最後會因為造成財務麻煩而搞毀咗個晚會。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 當佢擔心佢喺工作上犯咗一個小錯誤嘅時候,我會參考有關偉大人物嘅失敗故事嚟安慰佢。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 喺現代日本,煉金術只係用嚟比喻。 當政客同宗教人物,冇道德,冇羞恥感,試圖透過非法手段賺錢。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我們視他為重要人物。

    We regard him as an important man.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 小人物同样可以创造历史。

    Small timers can also create history.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 佢係個英雄人物。

    He is a heroic figure. ----

  • 作者將人物性格刻畫得活靈活現。

    The writer portrays the characters in a lively manner.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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