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[粵] dou1 [國] dou1 [1] [adv] all; both; without exception [2] [adv] even; already [3] [粵] [adv] also; too [粵] dou1 [國] du1 [n] capital; metropolis; big city Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 11
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乜都
mat1 dou1 = anything; everything 粵
都好
dou1 hou2 = all good
都可以
dou1 ho2 ji5 = all OK
都會
dou1 wui6 = metropolis
都係
dou1 hai6 = may as well; still 粵
乜嘢都
mat1 je5 dou1 = whatever; anything 粵
他們都
taa1 mun4 dou1 = all of them 國
都是
dou1 si6 = all are 國
一日都係
jat1 jat6 dou1 hai6 = it's all because of 粵
一日都係你
jat1 jat6 dou1 hai6 nei5 = it's all because of you 粵See all 117 compounds (CantoDict reports 118 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 122 examples containing 都
隻隻山羊都有兩隻角 粵
Every goat has two horns. [Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]
雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。 粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there. [Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]
佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰 粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious. [大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]
佢次次都講大話，都畀我聽到… 粵
He's always telling lies which I hear. [Lit. He time time also tells-lies, also give me listen]
近排我一直都捱夜加班 粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop. [Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]
我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街 粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late. [Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]
連一秒我都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我一秒都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
嚇嚫我！／我都畀佢嚇嚫！ 粵
[She] scared me! / I was scared by her too! [Lit. scared-bad-thing me! / I also by her scared-bad-thing!]
佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼 粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward. [Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]
一啲都唔熱嘅 粵
You call this hot? It's not hot at all! [Lit. one bit also not hot [particle]. This is an idiomatic pattern that indicates emphatic negation of the adjective.]
佢今日寫嗰啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八 粵
Nothing he wrote today made sense. [Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]
就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。 粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]
個個學生都擔心自己嘅成績。 粵
Every student is worried about his grades. [Reduplicated classifiers (like 個個 here) can be used as a subject, but not as an object. We cannot say, for instance, 通知個個 for "to tell everyone". ]
你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。 粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me. [Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]
佢郁啲撞火﹐撞親火就面都紅晒。 粵
His face flares red whenever he gets cross, which happens quite often. [Cantonese language often prefers 'simple' repetition (撞火) to 'unnatural' conjunction (such as 每當) for the sense of "whenever".]
我每次見到佢﹐ 佢都係講緊電話。 粵
He's speaking on the phone whenever I see him. [English "whenever" = Cantonese "every time" (每次) + "is always" (都係)]
佢乜嘢魚都鍾意食。 粵
She likes to eat any kind of fish. [In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]
現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。 粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。 粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
啲蚊零舍毒，咬嚫啲蚊赧到而家都未消 粵
These mosquitoes especially potent as the swellings from their bites have yet to subside.
佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋 粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。 粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。 粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]
人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下 粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
佢可以為咗你沕水撞牆都在所不惜。 粵
He would dive into the water and collide/crash at the wall for you, without regards for the consequences. [in other words: "He would do anything for you."]
靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢 粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.
李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦 粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him. [(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。 粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter. [In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
不過大部分都只係冇用嘅情報 粵
Most of the reports are useless though. [Lit. however most also simply are no use [possessive particle] piece-of-intelligence]
小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢 粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation. [Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]
我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀 粵
We don't even know what his motive is. [Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]
新澤西州到處都係不毛之地 粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland. [Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!]
似乎我幫唔到你，都係交個波畀人罷啦。 粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手 粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears. [Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]
我諗都未諗過。 粵
I haven't even thought about it. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,114035,114065#msg-114065. Though the '我+V/Adj+都未+V/Adj+過' structure is common, the 'V/Adj' slot can be filled only by a limited number of 'sensory' verbs (睇聽講摸諗 etc) or adj (驚).]
講起嚟﹐我都識何先生。 粵
Now you come to mention it, I know Mr Ho as well. [起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'once you start ...'.]
佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。 粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter. [起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]
等到差佬來，蚊都瞓啦！ 粵 ?!
[粵] paint will dry before the cops come! lit. to wait for the policeman to come, mosquitos would be asleep
我去嚫旅行都坐國泰。
Every time I go to travel I take Cathay Pacific. [[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern that means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something? [[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
佢著嚫高踭鞋都拗柴。
Every time she wears high-heels she twists her ankle. [[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易 粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.
我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上 粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.
大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。 粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.
就算華佗在世都醫唔好啦 粵
There would not be a cure even if Hua Tuo is alive. [Hua Tuo was a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period. The alternative is '華佗再世' meaning the rebirth of Waa4 To4 ]
呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份 粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence. [Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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