爭在

Chinese

		struggle; fight	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
trad. (爭在)		爭	在
simp. (争在)		争	在

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹ zoi⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang¹ zoi⁶
    • Yale: jāang joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹ dzoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang¹ zoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²²/

Verb

爭在

1. (Cantonese) to only depend on; to differ on

   佢遲早都會死，係爭在幾時死啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢迟早都会死，系争在几时死啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ci⁴ zou² dou¹ wui⁵ sei², hai⁶ zaang¹ zoi⁶ gei² si⁴ sei² ze¹. [Jyutping]

   He will eventually die, it only depends on when.

2. (Cantonese) to lack; to remain

   間餐廳啲嘢食好好味，爭在唔夠熱啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   间餐厅啲嘢食好好味，争在唔够热啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaan¹ caan¹ teng¹ di¹ je⁵ sik⁶ hou² hou² mei⁶, zaang¹ zoi⁶ m⁴ gau³ jit⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   The food at this restaurant is very delicious, but [what is lacking is that] the food is not hot enough.

Derived terms

• 唔爭在／唔争在