"function" meaning in Chinese

See function in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɐŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /fɐŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English function. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|function}} English function Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} function
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) function (activity; event) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-function-zh-noun-CEqzXPEq Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) function (purpose) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-function-zh-noun-AJPnTngC Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, mathematics, computing) function Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-function-zh-noun-ePmsAY5V Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Computing, Mathematics, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 82 9 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 4 18 47 31 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /fɐŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /fɐŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English function. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|function}} English function Head templates: {{zh-verb}} function
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to function; to carry out a function Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-function-zh-verb-mH6uSDt4 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.