戒gaai3掉diu6

English

1. to abstain; to give up (a bad habit)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 唔再做啲一直做開嘅壞習慣

Examples

• 要戒咗食零食嘅習慣真係好難。

  要戒掉吃零食的習慣真的很難。 (jiu3 gaai3 diu6 hek3 ling4 sik6 dik1 zaap6 gwaan3 zan1 dik1 han2 naan4.)

  It is difficult to get rid of the habit of having snacks.

• 戒掉赌博吧。

  Quit gambling.

  Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

• 你最好把烟戒掉。

  You really should quit smoking.

  Tatoeba · wumuou CC BY

• 真希望自己能把烟瘾戒掉。

  I wish I could break the habit of smoking.

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

• 我以前常抽菸，但現在我戒掉了。

  I used to smoke a lot, but now I've quit.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

• 你為什麼不戒掉Facebook？

  Why don't you quit Facebook?

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

• 我下定決心要戒掉零食，但違背了自己的意願，我還是不斷屈服於誘惑，吃冰淇淋。

  I'd made up my mind to stop snacking, but against my better judgment, I keep giving in to temptation and eating ice cream.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY