「乎」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: fu4
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
  • a grammatical verbal suffix in classical Chinese; only used in certain collocations or set expressions in Cantonese
    (Cant.) 不外乎bat1 ngoi6 fu4
    (Eng.) nothing but
    (Cant.) 似乎ci5 fu4
    (Eng.) apparently; as if
    (Cant.) 幾乎gei1 fu4
    (Eng.) almost; nearly
    (Cant.) 近乎gan6 fu4
    (Eng.) close to; little short of
    (Cant.) 知恥近乎勇zi1 ci2 gan6 fu4 jung5
    (Eng.) to know what is disgraceful is a step towards courage
    (Cant.) 合乎hap6 fu4jyun4zak1
    (Eng.) to conform to the principle
    (Cant.) 出乎意料ceot1 fu4 ji3 liu6
    (Eng.) to exceed one's expectation
    (Cant.) 介乎gaai3 fu4loeng5ze2zi1gaan1
    (Eng.) in between these two
    (Cant.) 超乎ciu1 fu4soeng2zoeng6
    (Eng.) beyond imagination
    (Cant.) 關乎gwaan1 fu4gung1zung3lei6jik1
    (Eng.) to be related to public interests
    (Cant.) 視乎si6 fu4caam1gaa1ze2jan4sou3
    (Eng.) to depend on the number of participants

  • meaningless suffix after certain adverbs
    (Cant.) 於是乎jyu1 si6 fu4
    (Eng.) so; therefore; hence; to attribute the sense of causality to explain a certain behavior
    (Cant.) 甚至乎sam6 zi3 fu4
    (Eng.) even to the extent that

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「乎」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: fu4
Part of Speech: particle
Labels: Classical Chinese
Explanation:
used in questions
(Cant.) gam2m4hai6hou2hoi1sam1me1
(Eng.) Isn't that pleasant?
(Classical Chinese) bat1jik6lok6fu4
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