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唔好
m4 hou2
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Level: 2 Google Frequency: 397,000 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 11569 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:唔 m4 - not; no好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 11 compounds containing this word:好唔好 - is it good or not ; is it all right唔好嘈 - shut up 千祈唔好 - don't ever 唔好意思 - excuse me; sorry 唔好郁 - don't move 唔好客氣呀 - "make yourself at home" 唔好嘅時候水溝油 - when not in good relation, (the two are like) oil poured into water 好話唔好聽 - to be frank (lit., "the right words aren't easy to listen to") 日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼 - speak of the devil 唔好錯過 - don't miss it! don't miss this chance! 唔好為咗一棵樹, 而放棄成個森林 - don't focus on only one girl, hence give up other girls |
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Showing all 47 examples containing 唔好 
阻住你溫書啊，真係唔好意思 粵
Sorry for interrupting your studies! [Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習，真不好意思]
你千祈唔好插手 粵
You must not, by any means, interfere. [Lit. you 1000-exhortations don't insert-hand [i.e. put it where it doesn't belong.]]
唔好擒咁高。 粵
Don't climb so high. [http://cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,126448,126464#msg-126464]
唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！ 粵
Don't buy food with preservatives! [Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
唔好摸啲白鴿啦，佢哋非常之揦鮓 粵
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty. [Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ]
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水 粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity. [You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]
唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做 粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work. [Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
啲湯熱得滯！唔好飲住。 粵 ?!
The soup's too hot! Don't drink it yet. [Lit. [plural counter] soup hot too-much. Don't eat [extensional-aspect particle] him.]
唔好駁嘴﹐咁冇禮貌。 粵
Don't answer back; it's not polite. [parsing: 唔好 don't | 駁嘴 answer back | 咁 so | 冇 im- | 禮貌 polite ]
你唔好咁惡屎能登啦！ 粵
Don't be so mean! [The sound recording and the written sentence don't match. The recorder mispronounces 惡 (ok3) as ok6, 屎 (si2) as sei2, and 啦 (laa1) as aa1.]
女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞 粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.
小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去 粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.
人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。 粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]
唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！ 粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye! [There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋污糟邋遢 粵
Don't touch the rats, they're extremely dirty. [You could also add in a 好 in this case (i.e. 佢哋好污糟邋遢) with no real difference in meaning.]
唔好意思，要你親自出馬 粵
Sorry to make you come and personally deal with this. [Lit. sorry, need you personally come-out horse]
亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假 粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work. [http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098] |
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