Chinese Word Detail

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

唔切

m4 cit3

this structure is used following a verb, meaning one does not have enough time to do sth.

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

Level: 4

唔切

唔 m4 ng4 wu2 n2 ng2 - not
切 cit3 cai3 qie1 qie4 - cut; mince; slice; be close to

Showing all 2 examples containing 唔切

唔快啲就趕唔切㗎喇! 粵 edit
Let's hurry or we might miss it!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 means "or else"]

家下都光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵 edit
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

This word was added by changeup on 15th Feb 2006 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/19371/]唔切[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/19371/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">唔切</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 唔切

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).

the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread