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唔可以
m4 ho2 ji5 |
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Level: 2 Google Frequency: 172,000 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 6704 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 7th Aug 2004 11:15 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:唔 m4 - not; no可 ho2 hak1 - can; approve; need; but 以 ji5 - by means of; because of |
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Showing all 13 examples containing 唔可以
你唔可以企喺張枱上便 粵
You can't stand on the table. [Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".]
詳細嘅情況我唔可以透露 粵
I can't let you in on the details. [Lit. small-details information I not-allowed divulge.]
我每朝都喺七點鐘開工,所以我夜晚唔可以出街 粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late. [Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工,所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
連一秒我都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我一秒都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我哋唔可以畀佢死住 粵
We can't let him die yet. [Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]
冇咗一對手,你就唔可以用筷子 粵 ?!
Now that you've lost both your hands, you can't use chopsticks any more. [Lit. don't-have already one pair hands, you then cannot use chopsticks. (Originally transcribed as 冇咗一隻手,你就唔可以用鍊金術... but 鍊金術 is hardly a useful word for learners.)] |
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