"cap" meaning in Chinese

See cap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: kep¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kep⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéb¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English cap. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|cap}} English cap Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} cap, {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} (Hong Kong Cantonese)
  1. Used in cap帽 (“cap; hat”). Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-cap-zh-noun-AvVI5wqK
  2. upper limit; upper bound Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-cap-zh-noun-wh8F3ey3 Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 5 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 0 5 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 70 12 14 2 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 10 67 9 10 5 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 4 68 17 6 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: kep¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kep⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéb¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English capacitor. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|capacitor}} English capacitor, {{yue-etym-clip-en|capacitor}} Clipping of English capacitor. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} cap, {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} (Hong Kong Cantonese)
  1. capacitor (Classifier: 粒 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Derived forms: 爆cap Related terms: 反cap
    Sense id: en-cap-zh-noun-5sn8~3V8 Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 粒
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːp̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: kep¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kep⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéb¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English capture. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|capture}} English capture, {{yue-etym-clip-en|capture}} Clipping of English capture. Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} cap, {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} (Hong Kong Cantonese)
  1. to screenshot or record Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-cap-zh-verb-NcOw1zeZ Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations
  2. to obtain or accumulate money Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-cap-zh-verb-sWibWg9R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cap圖, cap图, cap水, cap錢, cap钱
Etymology number: 2
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "cap"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "cap",
  "trace": ""
}

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