粵

無mou4意ji3中zung1

simp无意中
mou4 ji3 zung1wú yì zhōng

English

  1. accidentally
  2. unintentionally; accidentally
  3. unintentionally
  4. unexpectedly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇意圖而做咗

Examples

  • 我無意中開咗你封信。

    I unintentionally opened your letter.

  • 我無意中睇到佢本日記。

    I unintentionally saw his diary.

  • 我無意中聽到佢同一個女人傾電話。

    I unintentionally heard him talking with another woman on the phone.

  • 母親無意中握住了椅子。

    Unconsciously my mom took hold of the chair.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 政府官员表示,没有证据支撑中国学生可能是无意中传播病毒的人的观点。

    Government officials say there’s no evidence to support the suggestion that Chinese students may be the ones inadvertently spreading the virus.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

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

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