託賴
tok3 laai6tuō làiinferred
English
- thanks to
- used when asking someone to do something for you
- analogous to the phrase 'I am fine'
- satisfactory; so-so; passable; not bad but not ideal
粵語 — Cantonese
- 托福;有賴於
- 拜託人哋做嘢嘅時候講嘅説話
- 形容自己生活過得算係咁嘅客套話
- 形容狀況尚算過得去
Examples
托賴大家,我哋先有今日。
Thanks to everyone, we have become what we are today.
今次真係托賴喇,唔該晒。
Thanks for your effort this time, thank you. ----
我哋仲有生意,真係托賴你哋嘅支持。
We are still in business thanks to your support.
我依家嘅生活叫做托賴啦,至少有飽飯食。
My living now is satisfactory, at least I have enough to fill my stomach.
甲:「呢排過得點呀?」乙:「托賴啦!」 (gaap3: "ni1 paai4 gwo3 dak1 dim2 aa3?" jyut6: "tok3 laai6 laa1!")
A: How have you been? B: Fine! ----
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk