獨係

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (獨係)		獨	係
simp. (独系)		独	系

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "独系".)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ hai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ hai⁶
    • Yale: duhk haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² hɐi̯²²/

Adverb

獨係

1. (Cantonese, dated in Hong Kong) only; just; merely
   • 1899, 馬可福音：中西字 [The Gospel according to St. Mark in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 36:

     門生唔記得帶餅、船上獨係有一個餅呮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     门生唔记得带饼、船上独系有一个饼呮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mun⁴ sang¹ m⁴ gei³ dak¹ daai³ beng², syun⁴ soeng⁶ duk⁶ hai⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ go³ beng² ze¹. [Jyutping]

     Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.