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成sing4年nin4

sing4 nin4chéng nián

English

  1. to grow to adulthood
  2. grown-up
  3. to come of age; to grow up; to become a legal adult (18 years of age in Hong Kong, but varies worldwide)
  4. fully grown; adult
  5. the whole year

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 成長到成熟嘅年齡,被社會認可係獨立於父母嘅成人;世界各地嘅法律有所不同,香港以年滿十八歲為成年

Examples

  • 佢哋仲未成年。

    They are not adults yet.

  • 今次聚會只係俾成年人參加。

    This gathering only allows adults to join.

  • 用一種成年未學過嘅語言,好難達到母語人士嘅水平。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我覺得做一個成年人就係要學識晒唔好笑呢啲嘢係「幼稚」。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 以下係 1877 年原版《天鵝湖》嘅大綱:第一幕:齊格佛列德同佢班朋友一齊喺度慶祝齊格佛列德嘅成年禮。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 你成年了。

    You're a grown man.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 我没成年。

    I'm a minor.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 你未成年嗎?

    Are you underage?

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

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

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