粵

話waa6事si6

simp话事
waa6 si6huà shì

English

  1. (verb) to be in charge of a situation; to be in command; to take charge of a situation; to call the shots
  2. to make a decision, usually for a group of people
  3. to be in charge of; to be the head or the boss; to have the final say

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺一群人入面落決定
  2. 全權管理一樣嘢,有最終嘅決定權

Examples

  • 我自己話事。

    I make my own decisions.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 我哋都係等老師話事啦。

    Let's leave the decision to our teacher.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 去邊度食我都冇所謂,你話事得㗎喇。

    I don't care where we eat dinner. It's entirely up to you.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 去唔去,你話事啦。

    Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

  • 如果智商係由先天因素決定嘅,噉係咪表示一個人『成就可以去到幾高』都係由先天因素話事嘅呢?

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 話事話,今日係六月八號,我老婆生日。

    By the way, today is the 8th of June — my wife's birthday.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 去邊度食飯呀?你話事啦。

    Where should we go to eat? It's up to you. ----

  • 呢度我話事,我話唔得就唔得。

    I am the boss here. When I say no, that means no.

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

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