唔要 (m4 jiu3 | ) : do not want

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唔要

m4 jiu3

do not want; do not desire | Std. Chin.: 不要 | Syn.: 唔愛

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 44,600

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

唔要

This word was added by tym on 21st Nov 2004 06:23 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

唔 m4 ng4 - not
要 jiu3 jiu1 - want

1 compounds containing this word:

打完齋唔要和尚 - to show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed

Showing all 5 examples containing 唔要

你唔要嘅話，可以送畀第二個粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else.
[Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

要唔要儲八達通積分? 粵
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
[儲 should be pronounced cou5 here]

要唔要加$5換朱古力?
Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate?
[note the absent character 購 from 換購]

要唔要加$5換購朱古力?
Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate?

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