"AB" meaning in Chinese

See AB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ei̯⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ei̯⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ei¹ bi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ēi bī [Cantonese, Yale], ei¹ bi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], éi¹ bi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the first two letters of the English alphabet A and B. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|-}} English, {{m|en|A}} A, {{m|en|B}} B Head templates: {{head|zh|determiner}} AB
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) two separate (instances) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Related terms: ABC

Download JSON data for AB meaning in Chinese (2.2kB)

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        {
          "text": "分AB team返工 [Cantonese] ― fan¹ ei¹ bi¹ tim¹ faan¹ gung¹ [Jyutping] ― to go to work separated into two teams (i.e. each team goes to work on alternative days)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "行AB team [Cantonese] ― haang⁴ ei¹ bi¹ tim¹ [Jyutping] ― to install an \"AB team\" system",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "分AB組/分AB组 [Cantonese] ― fan¹ ei¹ bi¹ zou² [Jyutping] ― to separate into two groups",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) two separate (instances)"
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      "zh-pron": "ei¹ bi¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ēi bī"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ei¹ bi¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "éi¹ bi¹"
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      "ipa": "/ei̯⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/ei̯⁵⁵ piː⁵⁵/"
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          "text": "分AB team返工 [Cantonese] ― fan¹ ei¹ bi¹ tim¹ faan¹ gung¹ [Jyutping] ― to go to work separated into two teams (i.e. each team goes to work on alternative days)",
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        },
        {
          "text": "行AB team [Cantonese] ― haang⁴ ei¹ bi¹ tim¹ [Jyutping] ― to install an \"AB team\" system",
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      "zh-pron": "ēi bī"
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "AB",
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