"set" meaning in Chinese

See set in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Classifier

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English set. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|set}} English set
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for packages or collections of items. Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Related terms: 恤髮 (seot1 faat3), 恤发 (seot1 faat3)
    Sense id: en-set-zh-classifier-9swFqlGJ Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 19 32 28 22

Noun

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English set. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|set}} English set
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) package or collection of items (Classifier: 個/个 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-set-zh-noun-YTVG~vp7 Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese classifiers, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese classifiers: 42 58 0 1 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 19 32 28 22

Verb

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English set. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|set}} English set
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to adjust Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-set-zh-verb-gxEVB93C Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 19 32 28 22
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to prepare Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-set-zh-verb-WS0XqvLs Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 19 32 28 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: set場 [Cantonese], set场 [Cantonese], set頭 (set1 tau4) [Cantonese], set头 (set1 tau4) [Cantonese]
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      "roman": "seot1 faat3",
      "word": "恤髮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seot1 faat3",
      "word": "恤发"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Classifier for packages or collections of items."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for packages or collections of items."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "set¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "set¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "set⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séd¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛːt̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set"
}

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