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"args": {
"1": "唔",
"tr": "m4"
},
"expansion": "唔 (m4)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "該",
"2": "goi1",
"3": "should"
},
"expansion": "該／该 (goi1, “should”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the negation particle 唔 (m4) and the character 該／该 (goi1, “should”), literally meaning \"[this] should not [be done]\", saying that what the other had done was not necessary or it was very kind of them to have done this.",
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"args": {
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"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "唔該",
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"_dis": "33 33 34",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Excuse me, can I have a glass of ice water?",
"ref": "唔該，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "唔该，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]\nm⁴ goi¹, ho² m⁴ ho² ji⁵ jiu³ bui¹ bing¹ seoi² aa³? [Jyutping]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"excuse me (to get attention)"
],
"id": "en-唔該-zh-phrase-4IRN10sH",
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"excuse me",
"excuse me"
]
],
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Please keep an eye on my stuff.",
"ref": "唔該你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "唔该你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nm⁴ goi¹ nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ tai² zyu⁶ di¹ je⁵. [Jyutping]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] if he wants to play around, he should please find another target.",
"ref": "2019, 紙情, 《有些愛 錯過了就回不去》, Hong Kong: 孤泣工作室, page 69",
"text": "[…]佢想玩玩吓就唔該另覓目標。 [Cantonese, trad.]\n[…]佢想玩玩吓就唔该另觅目标。 [Cantonese, simp.]\n[…] keoi⁵ soeng² waan⁴⁻² waan⁴⁻² haa⁵ zau⁶ m⁴ goi¹ ling⁶ mik⁶ muk⁶ biu¹. [Jyutping]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"please"
],
"id": "en-唔該-zh-phrase-VszE3PyW",
"links": [
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"please",
"please"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "唔該嗮！／唔该嗮！ [Cantonese] ― m⁴ goi¹ saai³! [Jyutping] ― Thank you very much!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thank you"
],
"id": "en-唔該-zh-phrase-hENH5U8A",
"links": [
[
"thank you",
"thank you"
]
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "m³ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "m̀h gōi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²¹ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "m³ goi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²² kᵘɔi³³/",
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"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²¹ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²² kᵘɔi³³/"
}
],
"word": "唔該"
}
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese phrases",
"Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"1": "唔",
"tr": "m4"
},
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"name": "zh-l"
},
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"1": "該",
"2": "goi1",
"3": "should"
},
"expansion": "該／该 (goi1, “should”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the negation particle 唔 (m4) and the character 該／该 (goi1, “should”), literally meaning \"[this] should not [be done]\", saying that what the other had done was not necessary or it was very kind of them to have done this.",
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"2": "phrase"
},
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"english": "Excuse me, can I have a glass of ice water?",
"ref": "唔該，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "唔该，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]\nm⁴ goi¹, ho² m⁴ ho² ji⁵ jiu³ bui¹ bing¹ seoi² aa³? [Jyutping]",
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}
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"glosses": [
"excuse me (to get attention)"
],
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"excuse me",
"excuse me"
]
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"Cantonese"
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"Cantonese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Please keep an eye on my stuff.",
"ref": "唔該你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "唔该你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nm⁴ goi¹ nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ tai² zyu⁶ di¹ je⁵. [Jyutping]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[…] if he wants to play around, he should please find another target.",
"ref": "2019, 紙情, 《有些愛 錯過了就回不去》, Hong Kong: 孤泣工作室, page 69",
"text": "[…]佢想玩玩吓就唔該另覓目標。 [Cantonese, trad.]\n[…]佢想玩玩吓就唔该另觅目标。 [Cantonese, simp.]\n[…] keoi⁵ soeng² waan⁴⁻² waan⁴⁻² haa⁵ zau⁶ m⁴ goi¹ ling⁶ mik⁶ muk⁶ biu¹. [Jyutping]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"please"
],
"links": [
[
"please",
"please"
]
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "唔該嗮！／唔该嗮！ [Cantonese] ― m⁴ goi¹ saai³! [Jyutping] ― Thank you very much!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thank you"
],
"links": [
[
"thank you",
"thank you"
]
],
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"Cantonese"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "m³ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "m̀h gōi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "m⁴ goi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²¹ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese",
"Wiktionary-specific"
],
"zh-pron": "m³ goi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²² kᵘɔi³³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taicheng",
"Taishanese"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²¹ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/m̩²² kᵘɔi³³/"
}
],
"word": "唔該"
}
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