粵

切cit3割got3

cit3 got3qiē gē

English

  1. to cut
  2. (formal) to cut; to carve
  3. (of concepts, ideologies, and groups of people) to split; to claim something irrelevant

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (正式場合)用工具將一啲嘢切成細舊啲;唔單止係用刀,亦都包括用鋸、鐳射、水刀之類嘅專門工具
  2. 引伸指兩個概念、理念、或者兩組人完全分開,劃清界線,唔再承認大家係有關聯嘅

Examples

  • 大多數針對性別肯定照護的禁令都針對陰陽人嬰兒明確規定了唯一豁免,允許他們接受真正的兒童生殖器切割。

    Most bans on gender-affirming care explicitly carve out exceptions for the only actual child genital mutilation going on, that against intersex babies.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 鑽石切割

    diamond cut ----

  • 佢話我哋係唔應該同中國切割嘅。

    They said we should not separate ourselves from China.

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

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