得掂

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	weigh in the hand
simp. and trad. (得掂)		得	掂

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ dim⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ dim⁶
    • Yale: dāk dihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ dim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ dim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ tiːm²²/

Adjective

得掂

1. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative or rhetoric) OK; acceptable; without problem

   你日日踎喺屋企無所事事，又唔去搵份工做，咁樣唔得掂㗎喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你日日踎喺屋企无所事事，又唔去揾份工做，咁样唔得掂㗎㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jat⁶ jat⁶ mau¹ hai² uk¹ kei² mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶, jau⁶ m⁴ heoi³ wan² fan⁶ gung¹ zou⁶, gam² joeng^6-2 m⁴ dak¹ dim⁶ gaa³ wo³. [Jyutping]

   You stay at home doing nothing every day and not go looking a job, this just won't do.

   噉嘅態度仲得掂嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   噉嘅态度仲得掂嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam² ge³ taai³ dou⁶ zung⁶ dak¹ dim⁶ ge³? [Jyutping]

   How can this kind of attitude be acceptable?