梗係

See also: 梗系

Chinese

		stem	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (梗係)		梗	係
simp. (梗系)		梗	系
alternative forms		緊係／紧系

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² hai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² hai⁶
    • Yale: gáng haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ hɐi̯²²/

Adverb

梗係

1. (Cantonese) of course; surely

   佢梗係叻過我啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢梗系叻过我啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gang² hai⁶ lek¹ gwo³ ngo⁵ laa³. [Jyutping]

   He/she is definitely smarter than me.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “紅茶館”, performed by 陳慧嫻:

     你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ mou⁵ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵? gang² hai⁶ m⁴ seon³ laa¹!...... waak⁶ ze² jau⁵. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]

     You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.

Synonyms

• 當然／当然 (dāngrán)
• 固然 (gùrán)
• 自然 (zìrán)
• (Cantonese) 實／实 (shí)
• (Hokkien) 在勢／在势