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English

  1. equivalent to
  2. in a good amount of; in a substantial amount of
  3. to be equal to; to be approximately equal to
  4. quite; fairly; moderately; rather; somewhat; reasonably
  5. appropriate
  6. (exclamative or emphatic) what; such; quite; similar to the adjective "好" (hou2), used before "the numeral 一 + classifier + noun (phrase)"
  7. considerably
  8. to a certain extent
  9. fairly
  10. quite

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 幾多;唔少;有返咁上下份量
  2. 等於;差唔多、同等
  3. 好;幾;十分;非常;一定程度上
  4. 表示感歎或者強調,類似形容詞「好」(hou2),用喺數詞「一」開頭嘅量名詞組嘅前面

Examples

  • 相當一部份

    quite a part

  • 演出相當成功。

    The performance is moderately successful.

  • 呢個人相當有嫌疑。

    This man is reasonably suspicious.

  • 佢交嘅税相當我一年賺嘅人工。

    The amount of taxes he pay is equal to my yearly income.

  • 佢哋兩個嘅實力相當,打得難分難解。

    They are evenly matched in skill, it's anyone's game.

  • 呢部機器好複雜,需要相當嘅技術先可以操作。

    This is a complicated machine, it requires a certain amount of expertise to operate. ----

  • 學術界通常會將晒呢啲理論視為相當準確嘅模型,有效噉反映返現實。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 古典芭蕾舞嘅影響力相當龐大:古典芭蕾舞可以按地區分做法國式、意大利式、英格蘭式同俄羅斯式等多派。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

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

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