Cantonese · 23 October 2026 · Pronouns and Possessives
渠
keoi5Jyutping
he / she / it
pronoun
The traditional, classical logograph for the Cantonese third-person singular pronoun; it is phonetically and functionally identical to the contemporary '佢'.
In a sentence
老細話隻大單全靠渠一手搞掂，所以下半場特登唔使渠加班。
lou5 sai3 waa6 zek3 daai6 daan1 cyun4 kaau3 keoi5 jat1 sau2 gau2 dim6, so2 ji5 haa6 bun3 coeng4 dak6 dang1 m4 sai2 keoi5 gaa1 baan1.
The boss said that the massive deal was completely settled by him single-handedly, so he intentionally didn't make him work overtime for the rest of the day.
