差唔多

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (差唔多)		差	唔	多
simp. #(差唔多)		差	唔	多
alternative forms		差毋多 chiefly Hakka 參唔多／参唔多 Cantonese caam1 m4 do1, nonstandard 參多／参多 Teochew cam6 do1

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ m⁴ do¹ / caam¹ m⁴ do¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ca¹ m² do¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ca¹ m⁶ do¹ / cam⁶ do¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ m⁴ do¹ / caam¹ m⁴ do¹
    • Yale: chā m̀h dō / chāam m̀h dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ m⁴ do¹ / tsaam¹ m⁴ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ m⁴ do¹ / cam¹ m⁴ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

Note: caam1 m4 do1 - regressive assimilation.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ca¹ m² do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ m̩¹¹ to⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ca¹ m⁶ do¹ / cam⁶ do¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsha m̆ to / tshăm to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa³³⁻²³ m³⁵⁻¹¹ to³³⁻²³ /, / t͡sʰam³⁵⁻¹¹ to³³/

Note: cam6 - contraction of ca1 m6.

Adjective

差唔多 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

1. similar
2. not bad

Adverb

差唔多 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

1. almost; nearly

Interjection

差唔多 (Cantonese, Teochew)

1. (colloquial) sort of; kinda

See also

• 差不多 (chàbuduō)