咁啱 (gam3 ngaam1 | ) : what a coincidence; by chance

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咁啱

gam3 ngaam1

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

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,580

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

咁啱

This word has been viewed 6603 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 08:06 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

咁 gam3 - so; -ly
啱 ngaam1 aam1 - correct; suitable for; by chance

2 compounds containing this word:

咁啱嘅 - what a coincidence
咁啱得咁巧 - as luck would have it

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年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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Decimal representation of this word: 咁啱

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