唔使幾耐

Chinese

		to not need; you're welcome	how long
trad. (唔使幾耐)		唔使	幾耐
simp. (唔使几耐)		唔使	几耐

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ sai² gei² noi⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ sai² gei² noi⁶
    • Yale: m̀h sái géi noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ sai² gei² noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ sei² géi² noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ sɐi̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ nɔːi̯²²/

Adverb

唔使幾耐

1. (Cantonese) before long

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不久
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不久, 沒多久
	Taiwan	不久, 沒多久
	Singapore	不久, 沒多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Hong Kong	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	無幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	無偌久
	Quanzhou	無偌久
	Zhangzhou	無偌久
	Taipei	無偌久
	Kaohsiung	無偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Shantou	唔久, 無若久
Wu	Wenzhou	不一下兒過