「張」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zoeng1
Part of Speech: quantifier
Explanation:
  • measure word used for flat objects
    (Cant.) 周身刀冇張利zau1 san1 dou1 mou5 zoeng1 lei6
    (Eng.) Jack of all trades, master of none; literally: knives all over one's body but none of them sharp
    (Cant.) 冚kam2多do1張zoeng1被pei5啦laa1,翻faan1風fung1啊aa3。
    (Eng.) Use an extra quilt, it's getting windy.
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5前cin4兩loeng5日jat6買maai5咗zo2爵zoek3士si6小siu2天tin1后hau6張zoeng1唱coeng3片pin2。
    (Eng.) She bought a record of the "Little Jazz Diva" two days ago.

  • measure word used to count some furniture with large, flat surfaces
    (Cant.) 三saam1張zoeng1牀cong4
    (Eng.) three beds
    (Cant.) 五ng5張zoeng1枱toi2
    (Eng.) five tables
    (Cant.) 我ngo5約joek3咗zo2班baan1朋pang4友jau5嚟lai4玩waan2,要jiu3買maai5多do1幾gei2張zoeng1凳dang3先sin1夠gau3坐co5。
    (Eng.) I have asked my friend to visit me. I need to buy more chairs for them to sit.
    (Cant.) 張zoeng1新san1梳so1化faa2幾gei2好hou2坐co5喎wo3!
    (Eng.) The new sofa is quite comfortable (literally 'nice to sit on').

  • sheet; measure word used thin, paper-like objects
    (Cant.) 兩loeng5張zoeng1紙zi2
    (Eng.) two sheets of paper
    (Cant.) 三saam1張zoeng1支zi1票piu3
    (Eng.) three cheques
    (Cant.) 我ngo5收sau1到dou2幾gei2張zoeng1傳cyun4單daan1。
    (Eng.) I've received a few leaflets.
    (Cant.) 張zoeng1啤pe1牌paai2唔m4見gin3咗zo2。
    (Eng.) The playing card is lost.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5哋dei6送sung3咗zo2張zoeng1生saang1日jat6卡kaat1俾bei2佢keoi5。
    (Eng.) We gave him a birthday card.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5多do1左zo2張zoeng1飛fei1啊aa3,一jat1齊cai4去heoi3睇tai2戲hei3?
    (Eng.) I've got one more ticket, let's go to the cinema.
    (Cant.) 記gei3住zyu6帶daai3埋maai4張zoeng1屋uk1契kai3去heoi3律leot6師si1樓lau4辦baan6手sau2續zuk6啊aa3!
    (Eng.) Remember to take the deed of the house to the law firm to complete the formalities.

  • photograph; picture (including electric forms too)
    (Cant.) 我ngo5好hou2鍾zung1意ji3呢ni1張zoeng1自zi6拍paak3。
    (Eng.) I like this selfie so much.

  • unit of age equal to ten years (only used with ages thirty and up)
    (Cant.) 七cat1張zoeng1幾gei2
    (Eng.) over seventy years of age
    (Cant.) 三saam1張zoeng1幾gei2嘢je5
    (Eng.) thirty-something years old
    (Cant.) 三saam1張zoeng1尾mei5四sei3張zoeng1頭tau4
    (Eng.) 35-44 years old

Reference: https://www.facebook.com/hkucantonese/photos/a.318350115003970.1073741829.318266465012335/389218254583822/?type=1&theater
See also: 照相 拍照 影像 相片 照片
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「張」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: zoeng1
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
  • to open; to spread; to stretch
    (Cant.) 張開zoeng1 hoi1
    (Eng.) to open (e.g. your mouth)
    (Cant.) 開張hoi1 zoeng1
    (Eng.) to open (e.g. a shop)

  • to magnify; to exaggerate; to exaggerate; to amplify
    (Cant.) 虛張聲勢heoi1 zoeng1 sing1 sai3
    (Eng.) to bluff

  • to look; to glance
    (Cant.) 東張西望dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6
    (Eng.) to look left and right

See also: 掀 開啓 打開 開幕 桁 擴散 鋪 傳 散佈 散播 伸 舒展 張開 擘開 拉筋 放大 誇大 天花龍鳳 渲染 生安白造
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「張」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: zoeng1
Part of Speech: noun
Labels: Proper Noun
Explanation:
a surname, usually transliterated as "Cheung" or "Cheong"
See also: 章
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