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咁啱

gam3 ngaam1

what a coincidence; by chance; it just so happens (can also be: 咁啱線)

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

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,580

咁啱

咁 gam3 gan1 xian2 - so
啱 ngaam1 yan1 - [1] [Canto] [Hakka] [2] [v] be suitable for

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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。粵 edit
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 word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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