抌低

Chinese

		to bale out water, to dip	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (抌低)		抌	低
simp. #(抌低)		抌	低

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dam² dai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dam² dai¹
    • Yale: dám dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dam² dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dem² dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐm³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

抌低

1. (Cantonese) to throw down; to toss to the floor
2. (Cantonese) to put aside; to leave behind; to abandon

   阿明一聽到話佢老婆生得，就抌低嗮手頭上所有嘅嘢，即刻去醫院。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   阿明一听到话佢老婆生得，就抌低嗮手头上所有嘅嘢，即刻去医院。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   aa³ ming⁴ jat¹ teng¹ dou^3-2 waa⁶ keoi⁵ lou⁵ po⁴ saang¹ dak¹, zau⁶ dam² dai¹ saai³ sau² tau⁴ soeng⁶ so² jau⁵ ge³ je⁵, zik¹ hak¹ heoi³ ji¹ jyun^6-2. [Jyutping]

   When Ming heard his wife is about to be in labour, he put down all the things he had to do and immediately went to the hospital.

   你做咩抌低我啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ zou⁶ me¹ dam² dai¹ ngo⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Why did you leave me behind?

3. (Cantonese) to drop off

   我叫司機抌低我喺機場，結果佢車咗我去火車站。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我叫司机抌低我喺机场，结果佢车咗我去火车站。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ giu³ si¹ gei¹ dam² dai¹ ngo⁵ hai² gei¹ coeng⁴, git³ gwo² keoi⁵ ce¹ zo² ngo⁵ heoi³ fo² ce¹ zaam⁶. [Jyutping]

   I told the driver to drop me off at the airport, but in the end, they dropped me off at the train station.