係噉先
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind |
(Cantonese) this; in such way | early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first | ||
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trad. (係噉先) | 係 | 噉 | 先 | |
simp. (系噉先) | 系 | 噉 | 先 | |
alternative forms | 係咁先/系咁先 | |||
Literally: “let's do (leave it as) this for now”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hai6 gam2 sin1
- Yale: haih gám sīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hai6 gam2 sin1
- Guangdong Romanization: hei6 gem2 xin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐi̯²² kɐm³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
[edit]係噉先
- (Cantonese) Used at the beginning of parting phrases to end a conversation.