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| 年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。 | |
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I had my reunion dinner with my family here. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day. This sentence can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵 Level: 4 |
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| 年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。 | |
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nin4 - year 卅呀 saa1 aa6 - thirty (start of contraction for 31-39) 晚 maan5 - night, late 同 tung4 - same; together; for 家人 gaa1 jan4 - one's family 喺度 hai2 dou6 - 粵 (be) here; (be) there 檯 toi4*2 toi4 - table 腳 goek3 - foot; feet 點 dim2 - dot; point; [粵] how 知 zi1 zi3 - know, understand, comprehend 得 dak1 - get; obtain; need 咁啱 gam3 ngaam1 - 粵 what a coincidence; by chance 情人節 cing4 jan4 zit3 - Valentine's Day 男朋友 naam4 pang4 jau5 - boyfriend 又 jau6 - and; also; again; furthermore 預訂 jyu6 deng6 - to subscribe; to place an order; to book; booked 咗 zo2 - particle marking perfective aspect 喺呢度 hai2 ni1 dou6 - 粵 at this place 食 sik6 zi6 ji6 - eat 燭光晚餐 zuk1 gwong1 maan5 caan1 - candlelight dinner |
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| This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 4th May 2008 | |
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Decimal representation of this word: 年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/570/]年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/570/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。
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