唔得掂

唔得掂

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	weigh in the hand
simp. and trad. (唔得掂)		唔	得	掂

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ dak¹ dim⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ dak¹ dim⁶
    • Yale: m̀h dāk dihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ dak⁷ dim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ deg¹ dim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ tiːm²²/

Adjective

唔得掂

1. (Cantonese) no good; terrible; awful

   你日日踎喺屋企無所事事，又唔去搵份工做，咁樣唔得掂㗎喎， [Cantonese, trad.]
   你日日踎喺屋企无所事事，又唔去揾份工做，咁样唔得掂㗎㖞， [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jat⁶ jat⁶ mau¹ hai² uk¹ kei^5-2 mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶, jau⁶ m⁴ heoi³ wan² fan⁶ gung¹ zou⁶, gam² joeng^6-2 m⁴ dak¹ dim⁶ gaa³ wo³, [Jyutping]

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2. (Cantonese) poor; difficult