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Related Words

Word	Jyutping	Meaning
得閒	dak1 haan4	available; to have free time | Mainly used in Cantonese, but can also be used in Mandarin (though 有空 is much preferred in Mandarin). [also written as] 得閑;
唔得閒	m4 dak1 haan4	(adj) not free; busy
比得上	bei2 dak1 soeng5	match up to; be a match for sb; compare favourably with; bear comparison with [antonym] 比不上; [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk];
怪不得	gwaai3 bat1 dak1	no wonder | Cant.: 唔怪得; 唔怪之得; 唔怪得;
得戚	dak1 cik1	smug; arrogant; variant: 得敕; Additional PoS:;
好得多	hou2 dak1 do1	(adj) much better; better by far
得天獨厚	dak1 tin1 duk6 hau5	to be endowed with an exceptional advantage;
得不償失	dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1	(saying) the gains cannot make up for the losses; the losses outweigh the gains;
不由得	bat1 jau4 dak1	can't help; cannot but; as a natural consequence; [粵] 唔到你, 點到你;
一舉兩得	jat1 geoi2 loeng5 dak1	killing two birds with one stone literally, lifting only one hand and receiving two things [Syn.] 一箭雙雕, 一石二鳥;

Related Sentences

Sentence	SWC	Jyutping	Meaning
就得啦。	快行了/快搞定了	zau6 dak1 laa3	Almost done!
得唔得呀?		dak1 m4 dak1 aa3	Is that OK? / Will that do? / Is this all right?
你真係嚟得著時		nei5 zan1 hai6 lai4 dak1 zoek6 si4	You came at the right time indeed.
蝸牛行得好慢。		wo1 ngau4 haang4 dak1 hou2 maan6	Snails crawl very slowly.
我都覺得奇怪。		ngo5 dou1 gok3 dak1 kei4 gwaai3.	I think it's strange too.
我覺得太貴喇。		ngo5 gok3 dak1 taai3 gwai3 laa3	I think it's too expensive.
你真係嚟得唔著時		nei5 zan1 hai6 lai4 dak1 m4 zoek6 si4	You come now at a really bad time.
你講嘢講得太大聲		nei5 gong2 je5 gong2 dak1 taai3 daai6 seng1	You are speaking too loudly.
好快脆就有得食。		hou2 faai3 ceoi3 zau6 jau5 dak1 sik6	Food will be ready soon.
我可以讀得好快.		ngo5 ho2 ji5 duk6 dak1 hou2 faai3 .	I can read really fast.