唨 (zǔ) - Cantonese sentence-final particle indicating perfective aspect or change & used in Cantonese to mark completed actions or

唨Tone 3

zǔ ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical:

志

唨 · zǔ

Cantonese sentence-final particle indicating perfective aspect or change of state;

used in Cantonese to mark completed actions or new situations.

Cantonese sentence-final particle indicating perfective aspect or changeused in Cantonese to mark completed actions or

Usage highlights

already eatenalready leftalready finishedalready boughtalready changedalready arrived

Synonyms

  • 了— Mandarin perfective aspect particle
  • 咗— Cantonese perfective marker (often used together with 唨)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • I've eaten already (我食咗饭唨).
  • He has already left (佢走咗唨).
  • The weather has turned cold (天气冻咗唨).
  • I've finished my work (我做完工唨).

Collocations

  • already eaten(食咗唨)
  • already left(走咗唨)
  • already finished(做完唨)
  • already bought(买咗唨)
  • already changed(变咗唨)
  • already arrived(到咗唨)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Primarily used in Cantonese dialects, particularly in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau regions.
  • Functions as a perfective aspect marker similar to Mandarin '了' but with different syntactic distribution.
  • Represents an important grammatical feature distinguishing Cantonese from Standard Mandarin.

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