因住
jan1 zyu6yīn zhù
English
- (verb) watch out; look out; be careful; be cautious; beware of
- beware of; be careful of
- to play safe; to be afraid, to worry, to accommodate
- to estimate, to guess, to make by referencing a standard or sample
粵語 — Cantonese
- 提醒人要小心,類似顧住、睇住
- 形容小心翼翼,甚至過份怕事、驚青、就住
- 按一個標準或樣版去估算、預計、製作,同跟住
Examples
因住撞頭。
Mind your head.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
呢度要因住俾人撻嘢。
Beware of pickpockets here.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
食咁多嘢,因住肚痛呀。
If you eat that much, you'll get a stomachache.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
打因住波
to play safe in the football match
你因住,我實會報仇嘅!
Just you wait, I will have my vengeance!
你一面行一面跳,因住跌親呀。
Beware of tripping while you skip around.
有個表因住,條數就易計好多。
With this chart as a reference, the calculation becomes much easier.
唔該幫我因住呢個紙樣去裁塊布。
Please help me to chop the cloth following this paper model.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk