話咁快
Chinese
spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | so (Cantonese) | fast; quick; swift | ||
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trad. (話咁快) | 話 | 咁 | 快 | |
simp. (话咁快) | 话 | 咁 | 快 |
Pronunciation
Adverb
話咁快
- (Cantonese) in a short amount of time
- 1985, 黃霑 (lyrics), “童年”, in 海底針, performed by 蔡國權:
- 話咁快就到了今天 舊陣時我變了今天的我 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- waa6 gam3 faai3 zau6 dou3 liu5 gam1 tin1, gau6 zan6 si4 ngo5 bin3 liu5 gam1 tin1 dik1 ngo5 [Jyutping]
- In the blink of an eye, we have arrived at the present; the me of the olden days became the me of the present
话咁快就到了今天 旧阵时我变了今天的我 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]