得閒 (dak1 haan4 | de2 xian2) : available; to have free time

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得閒

dak1 haan4

de2 xian2

available; to have free time | Mainly used in Cantonese, but can also be used in Mandarin (though 有空 is much preferred in Mandarin).
[also written as] 得閑

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 214,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

得閒 / 得闲

This word has been viewed 10513 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tuan on 18th Aug 2004 10:40 and last edited on 30th Oct 2009 04:08

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Characters in this word:

得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must
閒 haan4 - leisure; not busy; spare time

2 compounds containing this word:

唔得閒 - busy; not free
得閒冇屎屙 - to have spare time (lit., "idle and no need to take a crap")

Showing 1 example containing 得閒

我隻手唔得閒，麻煩你幫我斟水！粵
My hands are full [at the moment]... could you get some water for me?
[lit. my [counter] hand not free, trouble you help me pour water]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

得閑 dak1 haan4 = available; to have free time 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 得閒

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