得米

Chinese

FWOTD – 23 November 2019

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	rice; metre
trad. (得米)		得	米
simp. #(得米)		得	米
Literally: “to get rice”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ mai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ mai⁵
    • Yale: dāk máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ mɐi̯¹³/

Verb

得米

1. (Cantonese) to come off; to succeed; to go smoothly; to get what one wants

   • 據指Alex趁着今年3月與Brie到日本旅遊時順道求婚，最後成功得米，有眼利的網友更發現Brie日前上電視節目時，已經戴住疑似婚戒。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     据指Alex趁着今年3月与Brie到日本旅游时顺道求婚，最后成功得米，有眼利的网友更发现Brie日前上电视节目时，已经戴住疑似婚戒。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016 May 11, Brie Larson 宣佈訂婚, in 都市日報 (Metro), page 42

     geoi³ zi² Alex can³ zoek⁶ gam¹ nin⁴ saam¹ jyut⁶ jyu⁵ Brie dou³ jat⁶ bun² leoi⁵ jau⁴ si⁴ seon⁶ dou⁶ kau⁴ fan¹, zeoi³ hau⁶ sing⁴ gung¹ dak¹ mai⁵, jau⁵ ngaan⁵ lei⁶ dik¹ mong⁵ jau⁵ gang³ faat³ jin⁶ Brie jat⁶ cin⁴ soeng⁵ din⁶ si⁶ zit³ muk⁶ si⁴, ji⁵ ging¹ daai³ zyu⁶ ji⁴ ci⁵ fan¹ gaai³. [Jyutping]

     According to sources, Alex took the opportunity to propose to Brie during their trip to Japan in March and succeeded in the end. Some netizens with sharp eyes also found out that Brie was already wearing a suspected wedding ring on a TV program a few days ago.

   • Yumiko得米之後，仲教囡囡：「世界上都是好人比較多，所以你長大以後，如果能夠幫助別人，一定要幫知道嗎？」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     Yumiko得米之后，仲教囡囡：「世界上都是好人比较多，所以你长大以后，如果能够帮助别人，一定要帮知道吗？」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 November 16, 身上得番兩蚊 Yumiko 抱梁浸浸街頭乞食, in 壹週刊 (Next Magazine)

     Yumiko dak¹ mai⁵ zi¹ hau⁶, zung⁶ gaau³ neoi^5-4 neoi^5-2: “sai³ gaai³ soeng⁶ dou¹ si⁶ hou² jan⁴ bei² gaau³ do¹, so² ji⁵ nei⁵ zoeng² daai⁶ ji⁵ hau⁶, jyu⁴ gwo² nang⁴ gau³ bong¹ zo⁶ bit⁶ jan⁴, jat¹ ding⁶ jiu³ bong¹ zi¹ dou³ maa¹?” [Jyutping]

     After Yumiko got what she was after, she even taught her daughter, saying: "There are more good people [than bad] in the world, so when you grow up, if you can help others, you've got to help them, got it?"

Synonyms

• 得手 (déshǒu)

See also

• 有米
• 倒米
• 問米／问米