搣甩

Chinese

		to pinch; to tear; to peel	to come loose; to come off
simp. and trad. (搣甩)		搣	甩
Literally: “to peel off; to tear off”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit¹ lat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit¹ lat¹
    • Yale: mīt lāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁷ lat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid¹ led¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚⁵ lɐt̚⁵/

Verb

搣⫽甩 (verb-complement)

1. (Cantonese, transitive) to get rid of

   • 無論你有幾想搣甩港式口音同港式英文風格，最根深蒂固嘅始終係你所親身經歷嘅港式生活 [Cantonese, trad.]
     无论你有几想搣甩港式口音同港式英文风格，最根深蒂固嘅始终系你所亲身经历嘅港式生活 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017, Nick Wong; Alfred Tsang; Pedro Lok, 《港語日報 KONGISH DAILY: Laugh L Die：Old New is Still Exciting, and Perhaps Educative 温故知新》, Hong Kong: 小明文創, →ISBN, page 30

     mou⁴ leon⁶ nei⁵ jau⁵ gei² soeng² mit¹ lat¹ gong² sik¹ hau² jam¹ tung⁴ gong² sik¹ jing¹ man^4-2 fung¹ gaak³, zeoi³ gan¹ sam¹ dai³ gu³ ge³ ci² zung¹ hai⁶ nei⁵ so² can¹ san¹ ging¹ lik⁶ ge³ gong² sik¹ sang¹ wut⁶ [Jyutping]

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