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定係

ding6 hai6

or (used in questions giving a choice; Standard Chinese: 抑或, 還是) - often abbreviated to just 定; contrast with 或者, which is used in disjunctive statements.

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

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 70,700

定係

定 deng6 ding6 ding4 - decide, fix; definite, sure
係 hai6 xi4 - yes, it is; are

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你想食牛肉定係豬肉呀？粵 edit
Do you want to eat beef or pork?

你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵 edit
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵 edit
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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