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好久不見

hou2 gau2 bat1 gin3

hao3 jiu3 bu4*2 jian4

Long time no see

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 2

好久不見 / 好久不见

好 hou2 hou3 hao3 {hao4} - good, fine; very much
久 gau2 jiu3 - long ago; old
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
見 gin3 jin6 jian4 - see, observe; visit

This word was added by bybell on 19th Sep 2006 and last edited on 2nd Feb 2007

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