粵

冇mou5幾gei2耐noi6

simp冇几耐
mou5 gei2 noi6mou5 gei2 noi2mou5 gei2 noi1mǎo jǐ nài

English

  1. not long, not a long time
  2. not long; before long; in a short time; in a while
  3. period; very fast

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好快,唔使一陣,過咗一段好短嘅時間後

Examples

  • 我到咗冇幾耐佢就嚟到嘞。

    He arrived shortly after my arrival.

  • 我等咗冇幾耐阿Mary就嚟咗。

    I had not waited long before Mary came.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 個醫生雖然已經盡晒力,但係個病人都係冇幾耐就死咗。

    All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 過咗冇幾耐,天光,奧德特同佢嘅同伴變返做天鵝,焗住要返去湖度。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 之後冇幾耐我就攞咗色諾芬嘅《蘇格拉底回憶錄》 , 入面有好多同一個論點嘅例子。

    Tatoeba CC BY

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

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