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咁滯

gam3 zai6

almost; nearly; quite

Usually used in combination with adverbs that mean "all", "completely", etc | antonym: 乜滯

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 524

咁滯 / 咁滞

咁 gam3 gan1 xian2 - so
滯 zai6 zhi4 chi4 - blocked; obstructed; at a standstill

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工人嚟齊咁滯粵 edit
Nearly all the workers have come.

飯熟晒咁滯粵 edit
The rice is almost done.

This word was added by claw on 10th Jan 2005 and last edited on 15th Nov 2007

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