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Cantonese · 15 October 2026 · Sentence-Final Particles

喎

wo3Jyutping

reported speech / reminder particle

particle

Indicates hearsay or reported speech, or functions as a friendly reminder to draw the listener's attention to a newly noticed fact.

In a sentence

天文台話聽日會打風喎。

tin1 man1 toi4 waa6 ting1 jat6 wui5 daa2 fung1 wo3.

The observatory says it's going to be a typhoon tomorrow, you know.

The Cantonese word 喎, illustrated
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