對唔字 in Chinese

IPA: /tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/ Chinese transliterations: deoi³ m⁴ zi⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], deui m̀h jih [Cantonese, Yale], doey³ m⁴ dzi⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dêu³ m⁴ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 对唔字 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Alteration of 對唔住 /对唔住 (deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, “sorry”). Head templates: {{head|zh|interjection}} 對唔字

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  "etymology_text": "Alteration of 對唔住 /对唔住 (deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, “sorry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "对唔字",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "sorry"
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      ],
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic) sorry"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deoi³ m⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deui m̀h jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doey³ m⁴ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dêu³ m⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "對唔字"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of 對唔住 /对唔住 (deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, “sorry”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "对唔字",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "對唔字",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese interjections",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese neologisms",
        "Chinese sarcastic terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 唔",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 對",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sorry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "sorry",
          "sorry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic) sorry"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "humorous",
        "neologism",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deoi³ m⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deui m̀h jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doey³ m⁴ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dêu³ m⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ m̩²¹ t͡siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "對唔字"
}

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"對唔字" meaning in Chinese

Interjection