巴baa1不bat1得dak1

English

1. (coll.) to be eager for
2. to long for
3. to look forward to
4. wishing something to happen; wishes if one could; dying to.unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 非常想一件事快啲發生unreviewed?

Examples

• 用這種好事來威脅我？我巴不得呢。

  Don't threaten me with a good time.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 不管你信不信，我和你一样巴不得想把这件事搞定。

  Whether you believe it or not, I want to get this thing over with as much as you do.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• unreviewed?

  佢咁衰，我巴不得佢落地獄！

  He is so mean. I would really want him to go to hell!