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慳返

haan1 faan1

qian1 fan3

When spoken by itself, this word is used as a form of retort, meaning "saves me the trouble/money of having to..."

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

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 4,000

慳返

慳 haan1 han1 qian1 - [1] parsimonious; stingy; niggardly; close
返 faan1 faan2 fan3 - to go back, return to

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你慳返啖氣啦! 粵 edit
Save your breath!
[Said by someone who doesn't want to listen to what the other person is saying.]

慳返啲時間粵 edit
to save (back) some time

This word was added by Emerald on 7th Apr 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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