(pos:形容詞)(sim:掂檔)
<explanation>
yue:#得;#滿意;#冇問題;#好;做得嚟;#成功
eng:all right; satisfactory; okay; capable; resourceful; competent; successful
<eg>
yue:佢好掂㗎,未畢業已經揾到一份高人工嘅工。 (keoi5 hou2 dim6 gaa3, mei6 bat1 jip6 ji5 ging1 wan2 dou2 jat1 fan6 gou1 jan4 gung1 ge3 gung1.)
eng:He's very capable - he managed to get a well-paid job before graduation.
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yue:佢做嘢好掂㗎。 (keoi5 zou6 je5 hou2 dim6 gaa3.)
eng:He is a capable person at work.
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yue:我個髮型掂唔掂啊? (ngo5 go3 faat3 jing4 dim6 m4 dim6 aa3?)
eng:Does my hair look okay?
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yue:你今日個樣好掂。 (nei5 gam1 jat6 go3 joeng2 hou2 dim6.)
eng:You look great today.
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yue:佢啲日文好掂。 (keoi5 di1 jat6 man2 hou2 dim6.)
eng:Her Japanese is excellent.
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yue:啲嘢全部攪掂晒。 (di1 je5 cyun4 bou6 gaau2 dim6 saai3.)
eng:Everything has been settled.
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yue:你估佢做呢份工掂唔掂吖嗱? (nei5 gu2 keoi5 zou6 ni1 fan6 gung1 dim6 m4 dim6 aa1 naa4?)
eng:Do you think he's up to this job?
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yue:佢嘅表現真係好唔掂。 (keoi5 ge3 biu2 jin6 zan1 hai6 hou2 m4 dim6.)
eng:Her performance was simply terrible.
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<explanation>
yue:表示完成咗一件事
eng:to mark the finishing point of a task
<eg>
yue:單case我搞掂咗㗎嘞。 (daan1 kei1 si2 ngo5 gaau2 dim6 zo2 gaa3 laak3.)
eng:I have finished this case.
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yue:我整埋呢一忽就掂晒喇。 (ngo5 zing2 maai4 ni1 jat1 fat1 zau6 dim6 saai3 laa3.)
eng:It will be completed once I finished this part.
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<explanation>
yue:喺某啲詞語、短語通「#直」、「#豎」
eng:to mean "straight" in some words and phrases
<eg>
yue:#橫掂 (waang4 dim6)
eng:either way; in any case; anyway; literally: horizontally and vertically
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yue:#橫睇掂睇 (waang4 tai2 dim6 tai2)
eng:no matter how you look; no matter from which angle you look; literally: horizontally look vertically look
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yue:#橫死掂死 (waang4 sei2 dim6 sei2)
eng:it doesn't make any difference in the result either way i.e. neither option is good; literally: horizontal die vertical die
<eg>
yue:#掂行掂過 (dim6 haang4 dim6 gwo3)
eng:to walk and pass straight as if nothing happened or one did not see; literally: straight walk straight pass
<eg>
yue:#掂過碌蔗 (dim6 gwo3 luk6 ze3)
eng:really good; literally: straighter than sugar cane
<eg>
yue:#阿駝賣蝦米──大家都唔掂
eng:all of them are not good
(pos:動詞)(sim:鬥)
<explanation>
yue:輕輕力#觸摸
eng:to touch
<eg>
yue:唔好掂啊!有毒㗎! (m4 hou2 dim3 aa3! jau5 duk6 gaa3!)
eng:Don't touch it! It's poisonous!
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yue:我掂都冇掂過佢。 (ngo5 dim3 dou1 mou5 dim3 gwo3 keoi5.)
eng:I didn't even touch her.