See N仔 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2015 August 15, Initium Media, 香港公務員囧途之N仔憤怒了 (The Troubled Journey of Hong Kong Civil Servants: Fury of the Contract Guys):",
"roman": "so² wai⁶ “en¹ zai²”, zau⁶ si⁶ hap⁶ joek³ zai³ fei¹ gung¹ mou⁶ jyun⁴. ze² si⁶ hoeng¹ gong² zing³ fu² zi⁶ 1999 nin⁴ hoi¹ ci² teoi¹ hang⁴ dik¹ ping³ jung⁶ zing³ caak³.",
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Download raw JSONL data for N仔 meaning in Chinese (3.1kB)
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