唔衰得

Cantonese · source Jyutpingm4 seoi1 dak1

Meanings

  1. cannot afford to lose, cannot fail, cannot look bad
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Same syllable, six tones

mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—
dak德dak1virtuedak2—dak3—dak4—dak5—特dak6special

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: n2 shuai1 de5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

m4 seoi1 dak1

Cantonese word readings for 唔衰得. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity唔衰得 唔衰得 [n2 shuai1 de5] {m4 seoi1 dak1} /cannot afford to lose, cannot fail, cannot look bad/

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