"for" meaning in Chinese

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Preposition

IPA: /fɔː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔː²²/ Chinese transliterations: fo⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], foh [Cantonese, Yale], fo⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fo⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English for. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|for}} English for Head templates: {{head|zh|preposition}} for
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) for; for the purpose of Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms (for the purpose of): 愛嚟, 爱嚟
    Sense id: en-for-zh-prep-anmJ1njS Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese prepositions Disambiguation of Chinese prepositions: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'for the purpose of': 98 2
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) for; for the sake of; intended to belong to or used by Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-for-zh-prep-0fQr24Pt Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese prepositions Disambiguation of Chinese prepositions: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: for……嚟講, for……嚟讲, for我嚟講, for我嚟讲
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fɔː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: fo¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fō [Cantonese, Yale], fo¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fo¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English forward. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|forward}} English forward, {{yue-etym-clip-en|forward}} Clipping of English forward. Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} for
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to forward (a message, an email, etc.) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-for-zh-verb-WKMED02o Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 25 60 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 18 17 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "english": "the fork is for eating the cake.",
          "ref": "隻叉係for食蛋糕嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "只叉系for食蛋糕嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nzek³ caa¹ hai⁶ fo⁶ sik⁶ daan⁶ gou¹ ge³. [Jyutping]",
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