欠(錢、物等)
Examples
我上勻~你十文而家還翻
我上次欠你十塊現在還
~住五十個先
暫且欠著五十個
欠(錢、物等)
我上勻~你十文而家還翻
我上次欠你十塊現在還
~住五十個先
暫且欠著五十個
偏袒;袒護;在爭執的雙方之間向著一方
你都要有道理我先~得你㗎
你也要有道理我才能向著你呀
你點解要~住佢
你為甚麼要偏袒他
勸(架)
快啲去將佢哋~開
快點去把他們勸開
人哋打交你去~,顧住打埋你啊
人家打架你去勸,小心連你一起打
缺乏;相差
仲~一個人
還缺一個人
~啲咁多就夠嘞
差一點點就夠了
兩個人~成20歲
倆人相差整整20歲
欠(錢、物等)
我上勻~你十文而家還翻
我上次欠你十塊現在還
~住五十個先
暫且欠著五十個
偏袒;袒護;在爭執的雙方之間向著一方
你都要有道理我先~得你㗎
你也要有道理我才能向著你呀
你點解要~住佢
你為甚麼要偏袒他
勸(架)
快啲去將佢哋~開
快點去把他們勸開
人哋打交你去~,顧住打埋你啊
人家打架你去勸,小心連你一起打
缺乏;相差
仲~一個人
還缺一個人
~啲咁多就夠嘞
差一點點就夠了
兩個人~成20歲
倆人相差整整20歲
借咗人嘢,有義務要還返俾佢;或者欠人人情,有義務報答佢 (to owe somebody (money, a meal, etc.))
條友爭人幾多錢啊?
tiu4 jau2 zaang1 jan4 gei2 do1 cin2 aa3?
How much money does that person owe?
缺少咗少少嘢,有埋呢樣嘢,就可以達到某個標準、做到某一樣嘢 (used to indicate that something is lacking; otherwise a certain standard would be achieved, or a task done)
仲爭少少就完㗎喇,捱埋佢呀!
zung6 zaang1 siu2 siu2 zau6 jyun4 gaa3 laa3, ngaai4 maai4 keoi5 aa3!
It's almost over! Don't give up!
to dispute; to fight
冇咩好爭。
It is nothing to fight over.
兩個人爭了半天,其實說的是一回事。
Those two have been arguing for all day, but actually they're the same point.
都講得冒得鬧,不要爭唎!
He's not wrong in the first place, stop disputing!
伊兩隻大爭。
Those two had a big fight.
開開玩笑,兩家頭就爭起來了。
After some bantering, those two started fighting.
to contend
明個飯後我們跟他們爭冠軍。
Tomorrow, after lunch, we'll be contending for the first place against them.
大家爭倒發言。
Everyone is fighting for a chance to speak.
to strive
爭氣
to strive to excel
to lack; to be missing; still have; remaining
佢哋間屋仲爭個廁所未裝。
Their house still hasn't had the bathroom installed yet.
到機場仲爭幾分鐘。
There are still a couple minutes until we reach the airport.
好似爭減啲嘢
seems to be missing something
to have a difference (expressed in conjunction with terms of physical distance)
同X爭好遠
to be greatly different from X
同X爭十萬八千里
to be radically different from X ("be different by 108,000 li")
argumentative
他那個人太爭咧,和誰都處不好。
He's way too argumentative, he can't hang out with anyone.
to open up
把口袋爭開,好往裡裝。
Open up your pocket, let's put it in there.
to owe
我還爭你三角錢,明天給你。
I still owe you thirty cents, I'll give it to you tomorrow.
because; due to; so that
他倆爭一句話吵起啦。
They started fighting because of a small line.
capable
(Standard)
你可爭哩,做活能頂幾外人。
You're rather capable aren't you, what you do is comparable to multiple others.
to argue for the sake of arguing
(Standard)
吾勿搭倷爭,到辰光看到底啥人對。
I can't be bothered to bicker with you, we'll see who's right eventually.
different
讀大專伉讀本科是有爭個。
Going to community college and going to university for an undergrad are different though.
to have reservations
渠力氣弗爭箇。
He doesn't have much energy left.
25th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contention" (𝌞)
why, how
Original form of 諍/诤 (zhèng, “to admonish”).
差;欠;缺;短。(饒秉才等:2020:514)
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to contend; to dispute; to argue; <poetry> how; why.