爭在

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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)
simp. (争在)

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Verb

爭在

  1. (Cantonese) to only depend on; to differ on
    遲早爭在幾時
    迟早争在几时
    keoi5 ci4 zou2 dou1 wui5 sei2, hai6 zaang1 zoi6 gei2 si4 sei2 ze1.
    He will eventually die, it only depends on when.
  2. (Cantonese) to lack; to remain
    餐廳嘢食好味爭在
    餐厅嘢食好味争在
    gaan1 caan1 teng1 di1 je5 sik6 hou2 hou2 mei6, zaang1 zoi6 m4 gau3 jit6 ze1.
    The food at this restaurant is very delicious, but the food is not hot enough.

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