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得嘞

dak1 lak3

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Note that the lak3 is not lak3 but is a non-ptk glottal stop so the pronunciation is laʔ3,

In Malaysia it isn't even a glottal stop ending. It's laa3

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

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 646

得嘞

得 dak1 de2 de5 dei3 - get; obtain; need
嘞 laa3 laak3 laa1 le1 lei5 - [Cantonese] [final particle] used as a sign of

This word was added by bybell on 12th Aug 2005 and last edited on 11th Nov 2006

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