唔切

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (唔切)		唔	切

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ cit³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ cit³
    • Yale: m̀h chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Verb

唔切

1. (Cantonese) to not have enough time to do something

   趕唔切／赶唔切 [Cantonese]  ―  gon² m⁴ cit³ [Jyutping]  ―  unable to catch up with

   我今朝趕住出門口，食唔切早餐。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我今朝赶住出门口，食唔切早餐。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gam¹ ziu¹ gon² zyu⁶ ceot¹ mun⁴ hau², sik⁶ m⁴ cit³ zou² caan¹. [Jyutping]

   I was in a hurry to leave today, so I did not have time to have breakfast.

See also

• 不及 (bùjí)