得掂

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Chinese

get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 
weigh in the hand
simp. and trad.
(得掂)

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Adjective

得掂

  1. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative or rhetoric) OK; acceptable; without problem
    日日屋企無所事事咁樣得掂㗎喎 [Cantonese, trad.]
    日日屋企无所事事咁样得掂㗎㖞 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jat6 jat6 mau1 hai2 uk1 kei2 mou4 so2 si6 si6, jau6 m4 heoi3 wan2 fan6 gung1 zou6, gam2 joeng6-2 m4 dak1 dim6 gaa3 wo3.
    You stay at home doing nothing every day and not go looking a job, this just won't do.
    態度得掂 [Cantonese, trad.]
    态度得掂 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam2 ge3 taai3 dou6 zung6 dak1 dim6 ge3?
    How can this kind of attitude be acceptable?