粵

咋za1嘛maa3

za1 maa3zaa1 maa3zǎ mainferred

English

  1. added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 加喺句尾,表示一件事其實冇大家諗得咁特別

Examples

  • 點解佢哋淨係話我?佢哋搵我嚟祭旗咋嘛。

    Why am I the only one they complain about? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢根本就對人完全冇好感,係鍾意人啲錢咋嘛。

    He doesn't give a shit about her. It's her money he's after.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我就係今日無帶遮,所以先淋到隻落湯雞咁咋嘛。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 一千蚊啫嘛,我都俾得起啦。

    It's just $1000. (That's not a big sum.) Even I can afford it.

  • 個測驗好簡單喳嘛,咁都肥佬。

    The test was so easy, nothing special at all. How could you even fail it?

  • 佢考試得嗰八十分,都唔係好勁之嘛。

    He's only got 80 marks in the exam. That's not as impressive as one might think.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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