重係 (zung6 hai6 | ) : still; nevertheless

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重係

zung6 hai6

still; nevertheless (Standard Chinese: 還是)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 15,400

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

重係

This word has been viewed 6243 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 30th Jan 2005 11:29 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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重 cung5 zung6 cung4 - heavy; important; furthermore; repeat
係 hai6 - yes, it is; indeed; right; positive; to be

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李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

嗰個學生唔見咗部手機，手機重係新嘅添。粵
That student has lost his mobile phone, and a new one at that.
[重係...添 = at that]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

仲係 zung6 hai6 zhong6 xi4 = 1. still; nevertheless 2. always [also 重係] 粵

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