粵

唐tong4突dat6

tong4 dat6táng tū

English

  1. to be rude
  2. to treat irreverently
  3. blunt; rude; being straight to the point

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 突然提起一啲對方無預料到嘅嘢,表現得或者有啲無禮

Examples

  • 佳人不可唐突,好酒不可糟蹋,这两件事你以后一定要牢记在心。

    You should not be rude towards beauties and you should not waste good wine. You must keep these two things in mind in the future.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 請恕我唐突。

    Sorry for being too blunt.

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

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