粵

架gaa3勢sai3

simp架势
gaa3 sai3jià shi

English

  1. attitude
  2. (adjective) ostentatious and pompous
  3. manner; posture; stance
  4. position (on an issue etc)
  5. impressive; splendid; showy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 身體準備做一個動作之前嘅姿勢(量詞:個)
  2. 俾人一種好勁、好巴閉嘅感覺

Examples

  • 個男人𥇣住個民警,握緊菜刀擺出攻擊嘅架勢。

    The man was staring at the cop, holding a cleaver in a hostile manner.

  • 佢科科攞A,好架勢喎!

    He gets all As on his report card, how splendid.

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

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