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試si3問man6

simp试问
si3 man6shì wèn

English

  1. I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)
  2. ask yourself; try asking (spoken)
  3. one might well ask
  4. used to add emphasis to a rhetorical question; literally: try asking

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 擺喺問句嘅開頭,表示懷疑、反問嘅意思

Examples

  • 試問咁樣,你邊有好日子過?

    How could you have good days in this situation?

  • 試問邊個唔會畀佢吸引住𠿪!

    I wonder whose attention would not be caught by her!

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

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