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冇mou5計gai2

simp冇计
mou5 gai2mou5 gai3mǎo jì

English

  1. no alternative, no way around, no use in arguing; an expression used to tell someone not to make a fuss about the trivial matters, usually as a kind gesture to a friend, similar to saying something to the effect of "don't worry about it" ;
  2. to have no method to deal with someone or something; used to affirm that one has no alternative to one's current situation or no way out of a situation; intransitive verb which cannot be inserted by an object
  3. to make no distinction between one's own thing and somebody else's; to share everything; to be on very intimate terms; literally: not to calculate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇某個人或者某樣嘢辦法,又或者冇乜其他計仔可以揀;唔及物,中間唔可以接賓語
  2. 大家關係親密,唔使計較咁多邊個啲嘢還邊個啲嘢

Examples

  • 個啤啤不停噉喊,我真係冇計喇。

    The baby keeps crying without stopping. I really have no method to deal with him.

  • 我同你兩兄弟,冇計嘅,邊個俾錢都一樣啫。

    Since both of us are brothers, it doesn't matter who pays since it's the same.

  • 唉,收工之後仲要返兼職,冇計啦,仔細老婆嫩。

    Why do I still have to work part-time after my regular job? No choice, I need to support my young children and wife.

  • 冇計啦

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

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