Syllabary


Character
Cursive
Jyutping
Definitions and notes
ban2
personality; character; article; product; commodity; a rank or grade in the government service in former times; appraise; rate; to find out
bat1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
cat1
seven; 7; seven times; [n] a seventh day after death, when sacrifice is offered until seven times seven days (forty-ninth) is over

cat1
seven; 7; alternate and formal form used on cheques, in accounting and banking

ci5
to resemble; to seem; similar to; like; as if
gam1
[temporal] present; recent; modern; now; currently; presently; nowadays; modern era; immediately; right away
gam1
gold; metal; metals in general; money; wealth; weapons; arms; precious; excellent; fine; golden; durable; name of the Tungusic dynasty (1115-1234) which dominated Manchuria and North China; a Chinese family name
記,记
gei3
to keep in mind, remember; call to mind; bear in mind; to record, register; a book recording persons, anecdotes, etc.; seals; chops; a sign or mark

gwan1
sovereign; monarch; ruler; chief; prince; king; lord; you (used in addressing a male in formal speech); a gentleman; Mr.
ho2
hak1
may; can; be able to; possibly; -able; around; estimated at; an auxiliary; but; however; a Chinese family name
jaa5
particle which implies affirmation or a pause; also; besides; either; too; used in sentence beginning, like English might use "as well"; still; even
jan4
jan2
human being; person; people; mankind; everybody; someone else; a grown-up; a person of certain character
jan2: colloquial pronunciation


jat1
one; 1; unit; single; once; a, an, the (article); as soon as; once; one principle; single; alone; each; per; every time; another; entire; whole; complete; all; throughout; another union; uniformity; uniform; unify; unite; so; such; to such extent; same; together a little

ji2
lean on/against; lean heavily; rest on/against; rely on; count on; depend on; biased; partial; slanting
ji6
two; 2; second; twice; indicates reiteration of the previous character, i.e. \"ditto\"
貳,贰

ji6
two; 2; alternate and formal form used on cheques, in accounting and banking

jok3
to do, make, work; works (of a writer, etc.); to rise, stand up; to pretend, affect; to regard st/sb as; take st/sb for; to compose, write, act, perform; profession

jung4
usual; mediocre; commonplace; ordinary; second-rate;
[literary]: (usually used in negative expression) need, require; (used in rhetorical question) how, in what way
兩,两
loeng2
loeng5
loeng2 (): tael (a unit of weight, equal to 1/16 of catty or about 31 gm); ounce
loeng5 (): two; pair; both sides/parties; a couple of; a few; some
錄,录

luk6
copy; write down; record
龍,龙

lung4
dragon; of the emperor; imperial; a huge extinct reptile; a Chinese family name
亂, 乱


lyun6
disorderly; messy; riotous; upset; perturbed; confused; indiscriminately; arbitrarily; at random; to jumble up, throw into chaos, confuse; revolt
mong4
to forget, neglect, overlook; to miss (a line, etc.), omit
muk6
eye; to look, regard, see; table of contents; category; division; topic
ng5
five; 5; fifth; a Chinese family name

ng5
five; 5; alternate and formal form used on cheques, in accounting and banking; army; associate with; keep company with; [archaic] five-man unit of the army; a Chinese family name

ngaai4
margin; limit; boundary; waterside; riverbank; shore
saam1
saam3
three; 3; third; thrice; several; many; few

si1
si3
soi1
si1: to think, consider, ponder, contemplate; to remember, recall, think of; to mourn,  grieve; to admire; to pine for; final particle to sound off an expression
si3: thought, mood
soi1: (in 于思) long and thick beard or moustache

sin1
god; immortal; fairy; divine; [Wu] good; celestial talent or heavenly beauty (often used as modifier, in praise of); noun modifier, having to do with Taoist, Taoist super-being; transcendent; esoteric magic; cents



soeng5
soeng6
soeng5: to go up; upward; up; to go to, to appear on scene or enter category; to present; to affix, apply, place in position; to wind up; to ascend, mount, board; to go to court; rising tone (phonetics); to (mahjong) to chow, call to create a run/sequence
soeng6: above; upper; first; best; better; superior; previous; before; above; top; summit; on; emperor; [n] superior
tin1
sky, Tian; top of one's head; nature, natural; god; celestial
tou4
slaughter; butcher; massacre

wan4
[archaic] say; speak;
雲,云

wan4
clouds; a cloud of; a large number of; short for Yunnan province; a Chinese family name
zaap6
to assemble, collect, gather together, concentrate; a collection of work by one or more authors; to compile, edit; achievements; a fair; periodical market

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