句 (geoi3) — sentence; clause; words in Cantonese
geoi˗₃句Mandarin Pinyin: ju4
Meaning of 句
nounsentence; clause; words
Example Sentences with 句
佢仲同我呻(san3)咗幾句
He even lamented to me about the matter
麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
keoiˏ₅佢mˎ₄唔tengˉ¹聽ngoˏ₅我gong2,講，zungˍ₆重datˉ¹𠱂faanˉ¹返ngoˏ₅我geiˊ²幾geoi˗₃句。
He wouldn't listen to me. He even said something in retort.
keoiˏ₅佢jatˉ¹一geoi˗₃句waa6,話﹐janˏ₅引dou˗₃到sengˎ₄成ukˉ¹屋janˎ₄人douˉ¹都siu˗₃笑heiˊ²起laiˎ₄嚟。
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講co˗₃錯geoi˗₃句zi2.子。
He/She said the sentence wrong.
Words Containing 句
話不投機半句多waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 bun3 geoi3 do1
(saying) 酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機/半句多
金句gam1 geoi3
epigram
換句話說wun6 geoi3 waa6 syut3
in other words
稟神都冇句真ban2 san4 dou1 mou5 geoi3 zan1
lie through one's teeth; lie like a gas meter; live a lie
例句lai6 geoi3
example sentence
句句實話geoi3 geoi3 sat6 waa6
every word said is true; speak the truth
一句講晒jat1 geoi3 gong2 saai3
indicates that one should quit stalling and get to the point
絕句zyut6 geoi3
jueju, a poem of four lines, each contains five or seven characters, with a strict tonal pattern and rhyme scheme. This quatrain follows the tonal pattern of the first four lines of the lüshi (律詩). This form does not require parallelism.
俳句paai4 geoi3
haiku
病句beng6 geoi3
sentence with grammar mistakes, ungrammatical sentence structure, syntax errors, illiterate
成句sing4 geoi3
whole sentence
換句話講wun6 geoi3 waa6 gong2
in other words
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