壞咗 (waai6 zo2 | ) : broken, malfunctioning

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壞咗

waai6 zo2

broken, malfunctioning, ou of order - usually in a mechanical or electrical sense.

compare with 爛咗 for physically broken

Level: 2
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

壞咗

This word was added by sheik on 11th Feb 2007 14:13 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

壞 waai6 - bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy
咗 zo2 - (perfective aspect)

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嗰部手提電話壞咗粵
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]

我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]

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Decimal representation of this word: 壞咗

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