粵

莫mok6講gong2

simp莫讲
mok6 gong2mò jiǎng

English

  1. let alone
  2. not to speak of (all the others)
  3. not to mention; not even

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用另一件事去強調一件事嘅程度(例如難度)。「莫講甲,乙(都已經夠難)」表示甲嘅程度喺乙之上,而甲(嘅難度)係顯而易見。

Examples

  • 我對電腦一竅不通,莫講修理,開機都唔識。

    I know nothing about computers; not to mention repairing them, I don't even know how to turn them on.

  • 呢個問題太複雜,我都唔知點解決。莫講你啦!

    This problem is too complicated. I don't know how to solve it either, so don't even mention you!

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

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