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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 27)
- 乎
- [hū]
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- 1. expressing doubt
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verb suffix
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suffix of an adjective or adverb
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- 甫
- [fǔ]
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An elegant title for men, usually used as a suffix to the 表字, e.g. 仲尼甫 for Confucius. 表字 is paraphrased as 台甫(formerly used).
- 2. Barely.
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- 词尾(詞尾)
- [cíwěi]
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- 1.
suffix
- 2. inflectional ending; ending
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- 巴巴
- [bābā]
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An adj suffix, used to reinforce the denotion of the adj.
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- 儿化(兒化)
- [érhuà]
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A pronunciation phenomenon whereby the suffix "儿" in modern Chinese is not independent as a syllable, but combined with the syllables in front to give a retroflex sound . For example. "盆儿" should not be pronounced as pén'ér but pénr.
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