"follow" meaning in Chinese

See follow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fō lòuh [Cantonese, Yale], fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English follow or clipping of English follower. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|follow}} English follow, {{der|yue|en|follower}} English follower Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} follow
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) follower count (Classifier: 個/个 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Social media Synonyms: follower (fo¹ lou⁴ aa⁴), follower (alt: fo1 lou4 waa4, fo1 lou4 aa4)
    Sense id: en-follow-zh-noun-uwTziqnl Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fol (fo¹), fol (alt: fo1), 科勞/科劳 (fo¹ lou⁴), 科勞 (fo1 lou4), 科劳 (fo1 lou4)

Verb

IPA: /fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fō lòuh [Cantonese, Yale], fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fo¹ lou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English follow or clipping of English follower. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|follow}} English follow, {{der|yue|en|follower}} English follower Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} follow
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) to follow Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Social media Related terms: unfol (alt: an6 fo1)
    Sense id: en-follow-zh-verb-h8oRCcyX Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fol (fo¹), fol (alt: fo1), 科勞/科劳 (fo¹ lou⁴), 科勞 (fo1 lou4), 科劳 (fo1 lou4)

Download JSON data for follow meaning in Chinese (4.2kB)

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