| bei2 | 比畀俾 | All pronounced bei2，while- 比 means “compare”
- 畀 means “give”, “passive voice marker”.
- 俾 is a rare word, mostly used for translations or proper nouns such as 俾斯麥.
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| dei2/dei6 | 地哋 | Both have the pronunciation of dei6 and:- 哋 can only by used in plural pronouns such as 我哋 and 佢哋.
- 地 means “ground”. “place” etc. It has another pronunciation dei2 for adjectives, e.g. 神神地.
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| di1/dit1 | Dd 滴尐啲 | All pronounced di1 or dit1. If meaning “a tiny amount”, the character should be 啲, the rest characters are deprecated. |
| duk1 | 篤督㞘㧻涿 | All pronunced duk1, among which- 㞘 means “the end”, “tailing”. E.g. 行到㞘.
- 㧻 is a verb, meaning “poke”, “prod”.
- 涿 is a classifier, as in 一涿屎, 一涿尿.
- 督 means “supervise”, “monitor” as in 監督.
- 篤 means “firmly believe” as in 篤信, 篤定.
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| fan3 | 瞓訓 | All pronounced fan3, among which- 瞓 means “sleep”, e.g. 瞓覺.
- 訓 means “training” as in 訓練, 訓教 etc.
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| faan1 | 翻返番 | Each can be pronounced faan1, among which- 翻 means “across”, “climb”
- 返 means “return”, “go to” or aspect marker. E.g. 返工, 整返好佢. It can also be pronounced as faan2.
- 番 means “times” or “foreign”.
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| gam2/gam3 | 噉咁 | Both have the meaning of “such”, “so”, among which- 噉 is pronounced gam2, it is a pronoun as in 噉樣嘅話.
- 咁 is an adverb, meaning “so” as in 咁犀利, and is pronounced gam3.
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| gau6 | 舊嚿 | Both are pronounced gau6- 嚿 is a classifier, meaning “chunk”, “piece”.
- 舊 means “old”.
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| ge3 | 既嘅噶 | - 嘅 is pronounced ge3, posessive marker. E.g. 我嘅書
- 既 is pronounced gei3. E.g. 既然.
- 噶 is pronounced got3, onomatopoeia.
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| go2/go3 | 嗰個果 | - 嗰 is a determiner, pronounced go2 E.g. 嗰個人 meaning “that person”.
- 個 is a classifier, pronounced go3. E.g. 一個人.
- 果 is pronounced gwo2, meaning “fruit”.
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| haa2/haa5 | 吓下 | - 吓 is a modal, pronounced haa2, E.g. “吓？係真嘎？”, “係噉嘅咩吓？”.
- 下 means “down” when pronounced haa6, e.g. 下面. When pronoucned haa5 it means “times”, e.g. 畀我睇下, 試下先.
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| hai6 | 係系喺繫 | - 係 is a copula, pronounced hai6
- 系 is pronounced hai6, meaning “series” e.g. 系列
- 喺 is a preposition, pronounced hai2, meaning “at”, “in”, as in 我喺度.
- 繫 is pronounced hai6, meaning “contact”, “connect”.
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| je5 | 野嘢 | Both are pronounced je5, while:- 嘢 is a noun, meaning “things”.
- 野 is a adjective, e.g. 野外.
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| lai4/lei4/loi4 | 來嚟黎 | - 來 is pronounced loi4, e.g. 將來, 未來.
- 嚟 is pronounced lai4 or lei4, meaning “come”, e.g. 過嚟.
- 黎 is pronounced lai4, E.g. 黎明 .
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| mou4/mou5 | 無冇 | Both are negation words, among which- 無 is pronounced mou4.
- 冇 is pronounced mou5 .
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| nam2/lam3 | 諗惗冧 | - 諗 is pronounced nam2, meaning “think”
- 惗 is pronounced as nam2, a character variant of 諗, its usage is deprecated.
- 冧 is pronounced lam3, meaning “collapse”, e.g. 冧屋, 冧樓.
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| sai2 | 使駛洗 | All pronounced sai2, while:- 使 means “use” as in 使用, 使錢, 唔使客氣. It has another pronounciation si3 which means “mission”, “ambassy”, e.g. 使者, 信使, 大使館.
- 駛 means “drive”, e.g. 駕駛.
- 洗 means “clean”, “wash”, e.g. 洗衫.
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| saai3 | 曬晒嗮哂 | - 曬 is pronounced saai3, means “to bask in the sun”, e.g. 曬太陽.
- 晒 is pronounced “saai3”, it is an adverb and an aspect marker. E.g. 食晒飯.
- 嗮 is a character variant of “晒” also pronounced saai3, its usage is deprecated.
- 哂 is pronounced can2, meaning “tease”, “ridicule”, e.g. 哂笑.
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| zo2 | 左唨咗 | all pronounced zo2, among which- 左 means direction “left”, e.g. 左手.
- 咗 is a perfective aspect marker, e.g. 食咗飯.
- 唨 is a variant of 咗, its usage is deprecated.
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| zyu3/zyu6/zoek3/zoek6 | 著住着 | - 著 is pronounced zyu3, e.g. 著作, 著名.
- 住 is pronounced zyu6, it can be an auxillary verb such as 袋住先. It can also be a verb meaning “live”, e.g. 居住.
- 着 has two pronounciations, when pronounced zoek3 it is a verb, meaning “wear” as in 着衫. When pronounced zoek6 it means “start”, “begin”, e.g.着火, 着色. Note that it can also be a continuous aspect marker in Mandarin, e.g. “唱着歌”.
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