多得……唔少

Chinese

		luckily; it is fortunate that; thanks to
trad. (多得……唔少)		多得	……	唔少
simp. #(多得……唔少)		多得	……	唔少
Literally: “thanks not little to ...”

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ dak¹ ... m⁴ siu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ dak¹ ... m⁴ siu²
    • Yale: dō dāk ... m̀h síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ dak⁷ ... m⁴ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ deg¹ ... m⁴ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ m̩²¹ siːu̯³⁵/

Phrase

多得……唔少

1. (Cantonese) thanks for nothing to (someone); thanks a lot to (someone) (sarcastic remark said of someone who is being unhelpfully meddlesome)
   • 2014, 阿濃 [A Nong], 《美言一百》 [Beautiful Words 100], Hong Kong: Breakthrough Ltd., →ISBN, page 17:

     自己玩就好啦，仲要拖埋條仔落水，戥佢陰公，搞着個小學雞，分分鐘洗定八月十五入去踎，多得你唔少。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     自己玩就好啦，仲要拖埋条仔落水，戥佢阴公，搞着个小学鸡，分分钟洗定八月十五入去踎，多得你唔少。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zi⁶ gei² waan^4-2 zau⁶ hou² laa¹, zung⁶ jiu³ to¹ maai⁴ tiu⁴ zai² lok⁶ seoi², dang⁶ keoi⁵ jam¹ gung¹, gaau² zoek⁶ go³ siu² hok⁶ gai¹, fan¹ fan¹ zung¹ sai² ding⁶ baat³ jyut⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵ jap⁶ heoi³ mau¹, do¹ dak¹ nei⁵ m⁴ siu². [Jyutping]

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   • 2021 July 14, Kelvin C., 生仔要考牌 [Parent Licenses], Hong Kong: Idea Publication, →ISBN, page 27:

     大家都知鞋底係好多細菌，咁樣俾佢踩下張櫈，下一手唔知就坐落去，就真係多得佢唔少。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     大家都知鞋底系好多细菌，咁样俾佢踩下张凳，下一手唔知就坐落去，就真系多得佢唔少。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     daai⁶ gaa¹ dou¹ zi¹ haai⁴ dai² hai⁶ hou² do¹ sai³ kwan², gam² joeng^6-2 bei² keoi⁵ caai² haa⁵ zoeng¹ dang³, haa⁶ jat¹ sau² m⁴ zi¹ zau⁶ co⁵ lok⁶ heoi³, zau⁶ zan¹ hai⁶ do¹ dak¹ keoi⁵ m⁴ siu². [Jyutping]

     Everyone knows that a shoe sole is full of germs. He just stepped on the chair like that. If the next person doesn't know and sits there, it would really be many thanks to him [for the germs].