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真係
zan1 hai6
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This is "zan1 hai62" when asked as a question.
Level: 1 Google Frequency: 463,000 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 22205 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 10th Aug 2004 13:27 and last edited on 23rd Aug 2014 19:37 |
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Characters in this word:真 zan1 - true; real; factual係 hai6 - yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be 1 compounds containing this word:真係? - "really?" as a question |
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Showing 10 of 41 examples containing 真係 
阻住你溫書啊，真係唔好意思 粵
Sorry for interrupting your studies! [Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習，真不好意思]
我真係輸咗啦… 粵
I've lost (this contest)... [Note that 真係 isn't necessarily translated into English - sometimes it's used where an English speaker would just add extra emphasis onto the word. In this case, "I've *lost*!"]
你哋真係呃唔到人 粵
You're no good at fooling people. [Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people]
我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。 粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]
你真係嚟得著時 粵
You came at the right time [cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]
你真係嚟得唔著時 粵
You come at a bad time. [cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]
佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰 粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious. [大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.] |
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