點呀 (dim2 aa3 | ) : what's up?, what's going on?

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點呀

dim2 aa3

what's up?, what's going on?

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 106,000

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

點呀

This word was added by spacemonkey on 3rd Dec 2004 21:58 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

點 dim2 - dot; point; [粵] how
呀 aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1 - final particle for softening abruptness

Showing all 4 examples containing 點呀

今日過成點呀? 粵
How was your day today?

就算係噉樣又點呀？粵
Even if that's the case, so what?
[Lit. even if is that way, then how [particle]?]

咁我想點呀粵
In that case, how do I feel?
[Use the corrected Jyutping! 咁 is almost meaningless when used to introduce a sentence, you could translate it as "in that case" here.]

點呀?又同女朋友嗌交咧? 粵
What's the matter? Bickering with your girlfriend again?

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Decimal representation of this word: 點呀

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