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都係比較揸拿好過投資生意
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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

  Level: 4
我睇都係買屋比較揸拿,好過投資喺啲小生意上

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 ngo5  wo3  - I; me; my
 tai2  di4 ti1 ti2  - to watch; read; glance at
都係  dou1 hai6    -  also is
 maai5  mai3  - buy
 uk1  wu1  - house
比較  bei2 gaau3  bi3 jiao4  -  to compare; to be comparitively...
揸拿  zaa1 naa4    -  assurance; certainty
好過  hou2 gwo3    -  to have an easy time; to feel well; life is easy
投資  tau4 zi1  tou2 zi1  -  to invest
 hai2  xi4  - be in; be on; be at
 di1 dit1  di4  - a few, a bit
 siu2  xiao3  - small, tiny, little
生意  saang1 ji3  sheng1 yi5  -  business
 soeng6 soeng5  shang4 shang3 shang5  - up, above
This sentence was added by bernard and last edited on 4th May 2008
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