「乜滯」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: mat1 zai6
Individual
Character Meaning:
乜 what
滯 indigestible; hard to be digested; slow, low dexterity
Part of Speech: adverb
Explanation:
used after a negator (唔 m4 or 冇 mou5) to indicate a small amount or a low frequency; rarely
(Cant.) 佢keoi5冇mou5錢cin2乜mat1滯zai6㗎gaa3,我ngo5哋dei6請ceng2佢keoi5食sik6啦laa1。
(Eng.) He doesn't have much money, let's treat him to the meal.
(Cant.) 我ngo5今gam1日jat6冇mou5點dim2食sik6過gwo3嘢je5乜mat1滯zai6,只zi2係hai6今gam1朝ziu1起hei2身san1食sik6咗zo2隻zek3烚saap3蛋daan2就zau6撐caang3到dou3而ji4家gaa1。
(Eng.) I didn't eat much today, I just ate a boiled egg this morning and that's all I had today.
(Cant.) 呢ni1排paai4冇mou5做zou6運wan6動dung6乜mat1滯zai6,我ngo5覺gok3得dak1自zi6己gei2肥fei4咗zo2又jau6重cung5咗zo2。
(Eng.) Seldom doing exercise recently, I feel I am getting fat and heavy.
(Cant.) 個go3傷soeng1口hau2差caa1唔m4多do1好hou2返faan1,唔m4痛tung3乜mat1滯zai6。
(Eng.) The wound is nearly recovered, it seldom hurts.
Reference: https://www.swtang.net/doc/Cheng%20Siu%20Pong%202015%20diss.pdf https://www.swtang.net/doc/paper_2006_zai.pdf
See also: 難得 少 好日 冇幾何 稀少 稀奇 難得
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