粵

嚴jim4格gaak3

simp严格
jim4 gaak3yán gé

English

  1. strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
  2. rigorous; strict

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 嚴密嘅規格

Examples

  • 嚴格遵守

    to strictly abide by; to adhere strictly to

  • 嚴格把關

    to strictly control; to guard strictly

  • 嚴格嚟講,蕃茄唔係蔬菜,係生果。

    Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 嚴格啲講,呢套理論唔可以話係啱。

    Strictly speaking, the theory is not correct.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢對啲員工非常嚴格,遲到一分鐘都會俾佢照肺。

    He is really strict with the punctuality of his employees. Just one minute late for work then off you go for a scold.

  • 嚴格嚟講平假名係一種音節文字,唔係一套字母。

    Technically hiragana is a syllabary, not an alphabet.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 嚴格嚟講,從來都冇真正嘅民主,亦都唔會有。 多人管治,少數人管治,係違反自然秩序。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 呢幾隻字係一般英文日常用語嘅嗌法。專業嘅芭蕾舞蹈員喺稱謂上會有更加嚴格精細嘅分類。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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