一jat1日jat6

English

1. (n.) a day or one day; (slang) used as part of a prepositional phrase (一日都係) to blame someone (or something or 'a reason') for some negative things that have happened, all because of; owing to; thanks to (e.g. 一日都係你 means "It's all because of you" or "Thanks to you".)
2. all because of; thanks to; often used with 都係 dou1 hai6 to attribute negative consequences to someone or something
3. takes the form of "so long as ... , then ..."; this conjunction appears twice: once before the main clause (so long as ... ), and once before the conditional clause (then ... ), meaning as long as the condition in the main clause is met, the result of the conditional clause will arise

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 通常同「都係」一齊用，去將發生咗嘅負面事件歸咎於某個人或者某件事
2. 插喺條件句嘅前後子句，表示只要前面子句嘅條件繼續存在，後面子句嘅狀況都會隨之而繼續出現

Examples

• 後日最後一日報名。

  The last day to apply is the day after tomorrow.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我俾一日時間你考慮。

  I'll give you a day to think about it.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 今日係全年最熱嘅一日。

  Today is the warmest day of the year.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我哋一日至少要瞓七個鐘。

  We must sleep at least seven hours a day.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢冇可能一日之內就搞得掂。

  For him to finish it in a day would be impossible.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 一日都係我唔好，搞到咁尷尬。

  All because of me, everyone was embarrassed.

• 我用一日時間冇可能做得晒啲嘢。

  It is impossible for me to finish the work in a day.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢嬲到走咗喇！一日最衰都係你啊！

  She was so mad she left! It's all because of you!