粵

咁gam2啱ngaam1

gam2 ngaam1gam3 ngaam1gān yān

English

  1. coincidentally; happen to
  2. by chance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一樣嘢因為機會或者偶然而發生,事前冇特登計劃過

Examples

  • 咁啱得咁蹺

    coincidentally; fortuitously; by chance

  • 又會咁啱嘅?

    How coincident it is!

  • 你好,咁啱嘅?

    Hello, is that right?

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我哋咁啱搭埋同一班機。

    We happened to be on the same flight.

  • 我開會嗰陣咁啱得咁橋坐正喺佢隔籬。

    It happened that I sat next to her at a meeting.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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