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你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？
nei5 jat1 jat6 sik6 sap6 baau1 jin1 soeng2 zou2 di1 deng1 goi3 aa4
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You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish? Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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nei5 - you 一日 jat1 jat6 - 1st day of the month; one day; the whole day; all day long 食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food 十 sap6 - ten 包 baau1 - wrap; package; bun 煙 jin1 - smoke; cigarette 想 soeng2 - want; wish 早啲 zou2 di1 - 粵 earlier 釘蓋 deng1 goi3 - to die; to be dead [Lit.: to nail the lid (of coffin)] 呀 aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1 - final particle for softening abruptness |
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