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斷估原來真係廿
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.

This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing.

  Level: 3
我斷估咋,原來佢真係廿三歲

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 ngo5  wo3  - I; me; my
斷估  dyun3 gu2    -  make a wild guess
 zaa3 zaak3 zaa1 zaak6 zaa6  zuo4 zha1 za3 zha4 {ze2} | ze2  - all of a sudden; suddenly
原來  jyun4 loi4  yuan2 lai2  -  originally; actually; original
 keoi5  qu2  - he; she; it
真係  zan1 hai6    -  really
廿  je6 jaa6 nim6  nian4  - twenty; twentieth
 saam1 saam3  san1  - three; several
 seoi3  sui4 xue3  - year; age (of a person)
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 7th Feb 2008
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