粵

矛maau4盾teon5

maau4 teon5máo dùn

English

  1. contradiction
  2. (noun) conflict
  3. conflicting views
  4. contradictory
  5. contradictory; inconsistent
  6. contradiction; discrepancy
  7. ambivalent

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 自己嘅論點互相否定、唔連貫,一時一樣
  2. 人與人之間因為價值觀或者利害嘅差異,產生嘅反感或者敵意
  3. 有太多顧累,又兼顧唔到唔同嘅嘢,做唔到決定,十五十六咁

Examples

  • 有無限多個素數。 歐幾里得已經用咗一個邏輯矛盾去證明呢一點,而呢個矛盾到今日都仲適用。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我相信我可以話死刑係同人類兩千年嚟所諗得更高同夢想嘅相反:佢同基督教嘅精神同革命精神都矛盾。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 美國生活其中一個最大嘅矛盾係,雖然少數群體遭受過不公,但係呢個世界上冇一個地方有咁多唔同嘅群體可以咁和平噉生活。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 你在自相矛盾。

    You're contradicting yourself.

    Tatoeba · Mrew2Vier CC BY

  • 他们有时候有矛盾冲突

    Every now and then they clash over their differences.

    Tatoeba · thomasstrand CC BY

  • 希望与现实之间的矛盾,因何而起?

    From what stems this contradiction between our hopes and our reality?

    Tatoeba · Gustav249 CC BY

  • 我哋之間嘅矛盾好難消除。

    The differences between us make us hard to reconcile.

  • 篇文前後矛盾,都唔知邊句先真。

    The article is inconsistent; I don't know which part can be trusted. ----

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

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