等使

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (等使)		等	使
simp. #(等使)		等	使

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² sai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² sai²
    • Yale: dáng sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/

Adjective

等使

1. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) useful

   呢張檯真係好等使，啱嗮我用。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢张枱真系好等使，啱嗮我用。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ zoeng¹ toi^4-2 zan¹ hai⁶ hou² dang² sai², ngaam¹ saai³ ngo⁵ jung⁶. [Jyutping]

   This table is really useful, it suits my use a lot.

   你呀，成日買埋啲唔等使嘅嘢返嚟！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你呀，成日买埋啲唔等使嘅嘢返嚟！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ aa³, seng⁴ jat⁶ maai⁵ maai⁴ di¹ m⁴ dang² sai² ge³ je⁵ faan¹ lai⁴ ! [Jyutping]

   See, you're always buying things of no use!

   • Found MUJI的產品大多不能在MUJI裏找到，內裏有很多以傳統古風加上時尚元素的產品，兩層唔算好大，經過隨時執到寶，但我就買咗個幾唔等使的迷你顯微鏡。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     Found MUJI的产品大多不能在MUJI里找到，内里有很多以传统古风加上时尚元素的产品，两层唔算好大，经过随时执到宝，但我就买咗个几唔等使的迷你显微镜。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 杜如科, 《東征攻略：從渋谷出發》, Hong Kong: 明報出版社, →ISBN, page 120

     Found MUJI dik¹ caan² ban² daai⁶ do¹ bat¹ nang⁴ zoi⁶ MUJI leoi⁵ zaau² dou³, noi⁶ leoi⁵ jau⁵ han² do¹ ji⁵ cyun⁴ tung² gu² fung¹ gaa¹ soeng⁵ si⁴ soeng⁶ jyun⁴ sou³ dik¹ caan² ban², loeng⁵ cang⁴ m⁴ syun³ hou² daai⁶, ging¹ gwo³ ceoi⁴ si⁴ zap¹ dou^3-2 bou², daan⁶ ngo⁵ zau⁶ maai⁵ zo² go³ gei² m⁴ dang² sai² dik¹ mai⁴ nei⁵ hin² mei⁴ geng³. [Jyutping]

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