"counter" meaning in Chinese

See counter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʰaːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: kaan¹ taa² [Cantonese, Jyutping], kaang¹ taa² [Cantonese, Jyutping], kāan tá [Cantonese, Yale], kāang tá [Cantonese, Yale], kaan¹ taa² [Cantonese, Pinyin], kaang¹ taa² [Cantonese, Pinyin], kan¹ ta² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kang¹ ta² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English counter (“tabletop”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|counter||tabletop}} English counter (“tabletop”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} counter
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) counter; front desk; reception desk (Classifier: 個/个 c; 張/张 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-counter-zh-noun--iac7PhE Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese nouns classified by 張/张, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/, /kʰaːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kaan¹ taa⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kaang¹ taa⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kāan tàh [Cantonese, Yale], kāang tàh [Cantonese, Yale], kaan¹ taa⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kaang¹ taa⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kan¹ ta⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kang¹ ta⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English counter (“to take action in response to; to respond”). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|counter||to take action in response to; to respond}} English counter (“to take action in response to; to respond”) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} counter
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to counter; to take action in response to; to respond (especially when the response taken is opposite to the original situation) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-counter-zh-verb-zQ4FR-FL Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for counter meaning in Chinese (4.4kB)

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