唔嘢少
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English
- to be really something; someone or something to be reckoned with
- used to describe someone or something that is great, famous, with a long history, or to be reckoned with; "really something"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用嚟形容人或者事物好犀利、好出名、好有來頭
Examples
嗰碟泰式炒貴刁真係唔嘢少。我嗌咗中辣,但係食咗兩三啖成個嘴已經麻晒!
That Pad Thai was no joke. I asked for it to be "medium" spicy but after just a few bites, I feel like my entire mouth went numb!
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
呢個犯殺人無數,真係唔嘢少。
This prisoner killed countless people. He's really something.
呢間舖頭連英女皇都幫襯,唔嘢少㗎。
Even the Queen (of the United Kingdom) is a customer of this store. It really is something to be reckoned with.
呢個阿伯唔嘢少㗎。佢以前係世界拳擊冠軍嚟。
This old man is really something. He was a world boxing champion.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk