"set" meaning in Chinese

See set in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Classifier

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɛːt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: set¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], set⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], séd¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
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

Noun

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɛːt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: set¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], set⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], séd¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
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: 21 34 25 19

Verb

IPA: /sɛːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɛːt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: set¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], set⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], séd¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
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
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to prepare Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-set-zh-verb-WS0XqvLs Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
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]

Download JSON data for set meaning in Chinese (4.3kB)

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