爭zang1啲di1

English

1. nearly; closely (spoken)
2. nearly; almost
3. unsatisfactory; not meeting an expected level

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 好接近；爭少少；就快
2. 未如理想；未令人滿意；水準未到期望

Examples

• 我差啲瞓着。

  I almost fell asleep.

• 我爭啲冇命。

  I could have been killed.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你爭啲冇命。

  You could have been killed.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 頭先爭啲仆親。

  Just now I nearly tripped and fell over.

• 我爭啲唔記得咗。

  I almost forgot it.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你爭啲就攞到冠軍喇！

  You almost won the champion!

• 今次你嘅表現爭啲喎。

  Your performance this time is not so satisfactory.

• 佢過馬路嗰陣爭啲俾車撞。

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY