English
- hold in mouth
- oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
- (verb) don't; doesn't; aren't
- used when stuttering or trying to think of what to say
- not; added in front of an adjective, a verb, or a preposition for negation
- bite
- (Cantonese) not
- used to form an A-not-A question, by reduplicating a word in a question (i.e. taking an adjective, a verb, or a preposition, and adding the first or all syllables of it in front of the original word), and having the negation 唔 m4 inserted in between the reduplicate and original words
- (Cant.) not, negation
粵語
- 表示遲疑
- 加喺形容詞、動詞、介詞之前，表示否定
- 用嚟構成A-not-A式問句，做法係將要提問嘅詞（形容詞、動詞或介詞）變成重疊式（即係將成個或者淨係第一個音節重複一次放喺原詞之前）再加插「唔」喺中間
Words containing 唔
- 唔好m4 hou2
(phrase) don't.
- 唔多m4 do1
not much
- 唔到m4 dou2
absent
- 唔得m4 dak1
can't; "no way"; "no"
- 唔見m4 gin3
do not see
- 唔要m4 jiu3
do not need, do not want
- 唔同m4 tung4
different
- 唔係m4 hai6
(phrase
- 唔使m4 sai2
(phrase) no need to; do not need something; it's unnecessary
- 唔制m4 zai3
no way (spoken)
- 唔化m4 faa3
(adjective) stubborn; obstinate; clinging conservatively to outworn rules and ideas; to be fettered by old conventions
- 唔定m4 ding6
literal meaning
- 唔少m4 siu2
not a few, not little
- 唔通m4 tung1
"could it be that…."; "don't tell me that…"; often used in a sentence to emphasize the rhetorical tone of a question, with a similar effect to adding 'surely….' to a question
- 唔錯m4 co3
not bad; moderate
- 唔知m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
- 唔理m4 lei5
never mind; don't care; to not care about; regardless
- 唔只m4 zi2
not only
- 唔該m4 goi1
(verb) please; thanks (for services rendered rather than gifts); excuse me
- 唔切m4 cit3
to not be able to do something in time
- 唔識m4 sik1
(verb) don't know
- 唔順m4 seon6
to be discontent about something; to dislike [colloquial]
- 唔似m4 ci5
not similar; not alike; unlike
- 唔止m4 zi2
not only