粵

點dim2算syun3

simp点算
dim2 syun3diǎn suàn

English

  1. what should one do?; what to do?; how to resolve this?
  2. to count; to tally
  3. "What is to be done?" Often asked when in trouble

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 逐個檢查、核計數目
  2. 乜嘢嘅方法先至好

Examples

  • 我扮唔知點算咁。

    I pretended that I didn't know what to do.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 萬一佢遲到噉點算呀?

    What if he should happen to be late?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 無咗你,我等點算啊?

    What are we going to do without you?

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 我哋蕩失路,唔知點算好。

    We lost our way and did not know what to do.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 點算呀!我當咗阿爸公司啲文件做廢紙,整皺晒呀!

    What should I do! I mistook my father's company documents for trash and crumpled them!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 嗰個後生仔又搵唔到自己鍾意嘅工,又一個朋友都冇;佢真係唔知點算好。

    That young man can't get the sort of jobs he wants and doesn't have any friends; he's really at a loss.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我唔見咗個電話呀,點算呀?

    I have lost my phone. What should I do now?

  • 點算,我打爛咗媽咪啲化妝品。

    What should I do now? I broke my mom's cosmetics.

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

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