「個」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: go3
Part of Speech: quantifier
Explanation:
  • the most general measure word; used for people, round objects, abstract things, such as questions / ideas, etc.
    (Cant.) 三saam1個go3蘋ping4果gwo2
    (Eng.) three apples
    (Cant.) 一jat1個go3人jan4
    (Eng.) a person
    (Cant.) 幾gei2個go3麪min6包baau1
    (Eng.) a few buns
    (Cant.) 呢nei1個go3月jyut6
    (Eng.) this month
    (Cant.) 唔m4係hai6個go3個go3都dou1好hou2似ci5你nei5咁gam2諗nam2㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) Not everyone thinks like you do.
    (Cant.) 下haa6個go3到dou3你nei5。
    (Eng.) You are next.

  • 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
    (Cant.) 飛fei1機gei1個go3引jan5擎king4
    (Eng.) engine of a/the plane
    (Cant.) 個go3感gam2覺gok3仲zung6未mei6返faan1返faan1嚟lai4。
    (Eng.) That feeling is not back yet.

  • dollar; used for non-rounded quantities of money
    (Cant.) 個go3半bun3
    (Eng.) one dollar and fifty cents
    (Cant.) 四sei3個go3七cat1
    (Eng.) four dollars and seventy cents
    (Cant.) 兩loeng5個go3幾gei2
    (Eng.) 2.x dollars

  • 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)
    (Cant.) 十sap6個go3
    (Eng.) a hundred thousand dollars
    (Cant.) 廿jaa6個go3
    (Eng.) two hundred thousand dollars
    (Cant.) 成seng4百baak3個go3
    (Eng.) a million dollars
    (Cant.) 千cin1幾gei2個go3
    (Eng.) ten and a few millions of dollars ($1X,000,000)

See also: 銀錢 雞 大洋
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「個」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: go3
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
used to indicate that the action is relatively easy, relaxing and even enjoyable; added in predicate-object constructions, usually pronounced unstressed
(Cant.) 食sik6個go3teati1
(Eng.) to have a tea break
(Cant.) 食sik6個go3麪min6
(Eng.) to have some noodles
(Cant.) 嘆taan3返faan1個go3下haa6午ng5茶caa4
(Eng.) to enjoy a tea break
(Cant.) 叉caa1個go3電din6
(Eng.) to charge up the battery
(Cant.) 上soeng5個go3堂tong4
(Eng.) to attend a lesson
(Cant.) 去heoi3個go3靚leng3廁ci3
(Eng.) to go to the loo
(Cant.) 瞓fan3返faan1個go3靚leng3覺gaau3
(Eng.) to have a nice sleep
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「個」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: go3
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
pronunciation of the particle 㗎 (gaa3) before particles with an -o final due to assimilation
(Cant.) 話waa6過gwo3都dou1唔m4算syun3數sou3個go3喎wo3。
(Eng.) He even doesn't keep his promise.
(Cant.) 噉gam2搞gaau2法faat3唔m4得dak1個go3噃bo3。
(Eng.) This method won't work.
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