"key" meaning in Chinese

See key in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰiː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰiː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ki¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kī [Cantonese, Yale], ki¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ki¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Probably from English chromakey. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|chromakey}} English chromakey Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} key
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slightly dated) to superimpose (an image, typically that of a person) onto another image Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Derived forms: key圖 (ki1 tou4), key图 (ki1 tou4), 萬能key (maan6 nang4 ki1), 万能key (maan6 nang4 ki1) Related terms: 啱key (ngaam1 ki1), 升key雀 (sing1 ki1 zoek6-2)

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          "roman": "ki1 tou4",
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          "roman": "ki1 tou4",
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        {
          "roman": "maan6 nang4 ki1",
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          "english": "He did not came today for the class photo taking. The only way [to solve this] is to photoshop his face back onto the class photo.",
          "ref": "今日佢冇嚟影班相,唯有之後key返佢個大頭落去張相度啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "今日佢冇嚟影班相,唯有之后key返佢个大头落去张相度啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]\ngam¹ jat⁶ keoi⁵ mou⁵ lai⁴ jing² baan¹ soeng⁶⁻², wai⁴ jau⁵ zi¹ hau⁶ ki¹ faan¹ keoi⁵ go³ daai⁶ tau⁴⁻² lok⁶ heoi³ zoeng¹ soeng⁶⁻² dou⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]",
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          "roman": "ngaam1 ki1",
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      "roman": "ki1 tou4",
      "word": "key圖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ki1 tou4",
      "word": "key图"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maan6 nang4 ki1",
      "word": "萬能key"
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      "roman": "maan6 nang4 ki1",
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          "ref": "今日佢冇嚟影班相,唯有之後key返佢個大頭落去張相度啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "今日佢冇嚟影班相,唯有之后key返佢个大头落去张相度啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]\ngam¹ jat⁶ keoi⁵ mou⁵ lai⁴ jing² baan¹ soeng⁶⁻², wai⁴ jau⁵ zi¹ hau⁶ ki¹ faan¹ keoi⁵ go³ daai⁶ tau⁴⁻² lok⁶ heoi³ zoeng¹ soeng⁶⁻² dou⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]",
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