粵

死sei2板baan2

sei2 baan2sǐ bǎn

English

  1. rigid
  2. inflexible; rigid; unwilling to accept new ideas or solutions
  3. inflexible

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 堅持自己嗰套;唔接受新事物、唔肯改變習慣

Examples

  • 佢做嘢好死板,唔會聽你意見㗎。

    He works in a really rigid way, and he won’t listen to your suggestions.

  • 時代唔同咗,做生意唔可以咁死板。

    The world has changed. You can’t run a business in such an old-school, inflexible way.

  • 我不是死板的。

    I'm not inflexible.

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

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