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What does 'o' in Cantonese denote?


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For many words used in spoken Cantonese, there are either no equivalent written forms or the characters have become obsolete. So people borrow characters of the same pronunciations and then add a "口" (mouth) on the left, denoting that they are expressions of the spoken language. Words created like these are sometimes not in the database of popular input softwares, so people add an "o" on the left of the borrow words when they type them as it looks like a "口". Compare "o下" and "吓", "o甘" and "咁" and you will see.

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"o下" equals to "吓",it's an informal usage of Chinese character.I guess the typiest couldn't find it in his WINDOW character sets,so he'd made one.

發o牛o豆 means be in a daze.I cann't find the right characters for "o牛o豆" either,which is expressed in cantonese,not mandarin .

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I don't think so. Actually we can type many of these words nowadays (demand leads to supply), like and . Probably people on the web are just lazy when it comes to the "口" side.

PS - I think it is not necessary for '手拿' to exist as we already have "拿" which already has a 手 inside and means the same. :D

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"o下" equals to "吓",it's an informal usage of Chinese character.I guess the typiest couldn't find it in his WINDOW character sets,so he'd made one.

發o牛o豆 means be in a daze.I cann't find the right characters for "o牛o豆" either,which is expressed in cantonese,not mandarin .

I use scim and have no problems typing the characters 發吽哣. By the way, I thought 發吽哣 means to stare into space and not to be in a daze?

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