咁 (gam3 | ) : so; -ly

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咁

gam3

[1] [adv] so; to such a great degree (used to modify the following adjective) | [國] 這麼, 那麼
[2] [adv suffix] -ly; in the manner of (used to modify the following verb) | [國] 地

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

咁

This word has been viewed 39415 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Apr 2016 13:49

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咁多 gam3 do1 = so much 粵

啲咁多 di1 gam3 do1 = a little bit 粵

的咁多 dik1 gam3 do1 = a tiny bit 粵

咁鬼 gam3 gwai2 = so very 粵

咁啱 gam3 ngaam1 = what a coincidence; by chance 粵

的咁大 dik1 gam3 daai6*1 = so tiny; small 粵

話咁快 waa6 gam3 faai3 hua4 gan1 kuai4 = In no time 粵

冇咁 mou5 gam3 mao3 gan1 = not so 粵

點止咁簡單 dim2 zi2 gam3 gaan2 daan1 = It's not so simple 粵

咁啱嘅 gam3 ngaam1 ge3*2 = what a coincidence 粵
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 65 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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做咩你咁慢㗎? 粵
How come you are so slow?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

咁早返好少有喎粵
It's rare to see you back so early!
[Lit. so early return seldom have [particle]]

咁我想點呀粵
In that case, how do I feel?
[Use the corrected Jyutping! 咁 is almost meaningless when used to introduce a sentence, you could translate it as "in that case" here.]

唔好擒咁高。粵
Don't climb so high.
[http://cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,126448,126464#msg-126464]

嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]

每年呢個時候總係咁忙碌粵
It is always so busy this time of the year.

飯熟晒咁滯粵
The rice is almost done.

乜你咁鮓架, 行快啲得嘛? 粵
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?

點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

咁重要嘅嘢，而家先至同我講粵
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now?
[Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]

你竟然剩咁精緻嘅嘢粵
I'd never have guessed you could make something so exquisite!
[Lit. you unexpectedly make so exquisite [possessive particle] thing.]

我唔係咁小氣粵
I'm not that petty!
[Context: I was saying that I wouldn't share my bananas with someone; then, to make the point that it was a joke, the above phrase was used.]

你啲頭髮平時咁撈攪，點解今晚梳頭粵 ?!
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?

乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
[Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]

唔好駁嘴﹐咁冇禮貌。粵
Don't answer back; it's not polite.
[parsing: 唔好 don't | 駁嘴 answer back | 咁 so | 冇 im- | 禮貌 polite ]

今日冇琴日咁熱。粵
It is not so hot today as it was yesterday.
[Parsing: 今日 today | 冇 is not | 琴日 yesterday | 咁 so | 熱 hot. The Cantonese structure is much simpler than the English.]

你唔好咁惡屎能登啦！粵
Don't be so mean!
[The sound recording and the written sentence don't match. The recorder mispronounces 惡 (ok3) as ok6, 屎 (si2) as sei2, and 啦 (laa1) as aa1.]

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

今晚咁多餸；梗係食唔晒啦。粵
There's so much food tonight; of course I can't finish the lot.

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

做乜咁鬼鼠呀? 粵
Why are you being so sneaky?

你做咁多陰質嘢粵
you did so many bad things

咁遠我唔去囉, 何況而家落緊雨粵
I won't go that far away; moreover, it's raining now.

爬到上山頂, 猛咁嗍氣。粵
I gasp for breath after climbing up the hilltop.

工人嚟齊咁滯粵
Nearly all the workers have come.

唔好用啲咁僻嘅字眼! 粵
Don't use such uncommon wording!

畀我就一早收綫唔同佢嗲咁耐！粵
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long.
[Literally: 畀我就 - If I was in the situation, 一早收綫 - (I) would have hung up right at the outset 唔同佢嗲 - (and) wouldn't have talked with her 咁耐! - so long!]

眼矋矋咁望實我想點？粵
Why are you looking at me with those staring eyes?

反到成身都咁𣲷/nap6/,重唔去沖個涼粵
You are all sweaty and sticky after playing. Quickly go for your shower.

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

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.

呢份工冇以前咁他條粵
This job is not as relaxed as the previous one.

你又唔係去見皇上，使唔使咁姿整呀? 粵
You are not meeting the emperor, do you need to be so particular about what you wear?

你走到冇雷公咁遠買貨，點為得過呀粵
It is not worth buying goods from such a faraway place.

乜你講得咁𪙛𠸉㗎 ! 粵
How is it you speak with such a stutter?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

見你咁有誠意我就勉為其難原諒你呢次！粵
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

乜咁錯蕩嚟探班呀粵
What brings you here today to visit me at my office?

你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口粵
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?

收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁! 粵
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

呢杯酒冇咁掯，啱你飲粵
This glass of wine is not so strong; suitable for you.

你真係掯，單嘢咁棘手你都搞得掂粵
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞粵
Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

今次你好嘢，不過下次冇咁好彩嘅嘞！粵
You got away this time, but you won't be so lucky next time!

你似乎過份啲噃，喺咁多人面前噉奚落佢粵
You have gone too far, to ridicule her in front of so many people.

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

呢嚿肉鬼咁韌嚙極都唔入粵
This piece of meat is too tough. I just cannot bite on it.

同咁多對手競爭，點樣先至得令到自己脫穎而出呢粵
With so many other competitors, how can I ensure that I stand out from the rest?

乜你咁大個人重戽被㗎粵
You are so old now yet you still kick your blanket when you sleep!

乜得你咁氣來氣喘？粵
Why are you gasping?

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

間酒店冇理由咁平格，話唔定啲房有鬼。粵
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms.
[Final particle 格 is the affective version of 㗎.]

件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

突然間食咁多芒果，我覺得佢好𠺫𠵇粵
I think he's very strange, suddenly eating all those mangoes like that.
[Lit. suddenly eat so many mangoes, I think he very strange.]

張櫈咁濕，咪𠱂落去。粵
Don't rashly sit on the chair; it's so wet.

學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。粵
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]

你個仔咁高喎! 粵
Your son is quite tall!
[When pronounced in tone 4, 喎 shows that the speaker is quite surprised. ]

唔恨得咁多嘅。粵
It's no use wishing so much.

塊紙板唔受力﹐唔好加咁重。粵
The cardboard doesn't carry much weight. Don't add too much.

沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。粵
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

佢啲錢差唔多輸晒咁滯。粵
He has almost lost all his money.
[差唔多 and 咁滯 are two apparently redundant adverbs that share the meaning of "almost". However, when used together, they function as two split constituents that form part of a discontinuous construction.]

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