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對唔住

deoi3 m4 zyu6

dui4 m2 zhu4

[1] sorry; excuse me; pardon me
[2] let somebody down; be unworthy of; be unfair to

Mandarin: 對不起

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

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 24,600

對唔住 / 对唔住

對 deoi3 dui4 - correct; right; proper
唔 m4 ng4 wu2 n2 ng2 - not
住 zyu6 zhu4 - live, reside, stay

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我啲手下辦事不力，好對唔住粵 edit
My subordinates did not do a good job, so sorry.

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 28th Sep 2007

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