係hai6都dou1

English

1. no matter what
2. (used with sentence-final 啦 laa1) of course; used to highlight the obviousness of the decision

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 點樣都；無論如何
2. （後面同句尾嘅「啦 laa1」一齊用）梗係；一定；用嚟強調判斷理所當然

Examples

• 係都唔講你知啦！

  Of course I'm not telling you.

• 我係都唔話俾你知！

  I'm not telling you, no matter what! ----

• 佢係都唔食菜，我都冇佢符。

  He won't eat vegetables no matter what. I can't do anything about it.

• 有人劈友喎，係都走咗先啦。

  That's a gang fight here, of course you should escape!

• 你點解係都要搞到啲嘢咁複雜啫？

  Why do you always have to overcomplicate things?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你係做錯咗，但係都唔可以怪你嘅。

  On the one hand, you are wrong, but on the other hand, I can't blame you for that.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢應承咗話會返嚟，但係都係冇返嚟。

  He promised to return and yet he didn't.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你點解係都要講晒我啲秘密俾人知㗎？

  Why must you give away all of my secrets?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY