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橫掂

waang4 dim6

heng2 dian4

anyhow; anyway; in any case; regardless | 漢: 橫豎; 反正 | variant of 橫𠶧

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

Level: 3

橫掂

橫 waang4 waang6 gwong1 huang4 guang4 guang1 heng2 {heng - [1] crosswise; horizontal; lateral [2] east to
掂 dim1 dim3 dim6 dian1 - to weigh; [粵] to touch; satisfactory

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橫掂都出咗嚟，順便去睇戲啦。粵 edit
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!

This word was added by tym on 23rd Aug 2006 and last edited on 29th Jun 2008

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