"-s" meaning in Chinese

See -s in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From English -s (“plural suffix”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|-s||plural suffix}} English -s (“plural suffix”) Head templates: {{head|zh|suffix}} -s
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic, rare, written only) Used to emphasise that there are multiple instances of the noun Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, literary, morpheme, neologism, rare

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