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真係
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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 20986 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 all 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.]
睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎 粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired. [Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]
今次嘅案件真係好棘手 粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny. [Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]
真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！ 粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more. [Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]
真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關 粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。 粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about. [the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台 粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio. [Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]
今次你真係有排煩 粵
Now you've got a whole bunch of problems. [Lit. This-time you really have unending problems.]
小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢 粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation. [Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]
佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻 粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant. [second half: he personality really arrogant.]
真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦 粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years. [Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).] |
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