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爭在

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Chinese

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struggle; fight
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
trad. (爭在)
simp. (争在)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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爭在

  1. (Cantonese) to only depend on; to differ on
    遲早爭在幾時 [Cantonese, trad.]
    迟早争在几时 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 ci4 zou2 dou1 wui5 sei2, hai6 zaang1 zoi6 gei2 si4 sei2 ze1. [Jyutping]
    He will eventually die, it only depends on when.
  2. (Cantonese) to lack; to remain
    餐廳嘢食好味爭在 [Cantonese, trad.]
    餐厅嘢食好味争在 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gaan1 caan1 teng1 di1 je5 sik6 hou2 hou2 mei6, zaang1 zoi6 m4 gau3 jit6 ze1. [Jyutping]
    The food at this restaurant is very delicious, but [what is lacking is that] the food is not hot enough.

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