粵

慢maan6吞tan1吞tan1

maan6 tan1 tan1man4tun1tun1màn tūn tūn

English

  1. very slow
  2. (adjective) Sluggish
  3. exasperatingly slow
  4. annoyingly slow; dilatory

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 慢到令人唔耐煩

Examples

  • 快啲啦,你仲慢吞吞噉我哋就遲到㗎喇。

    Come on, we'll be late if you don't hurry up.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 快點快點,你還慢吞吞的話我們就要遲到了。

    Come on, we'll be late if you don't hurry up.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 行快啲喇,你慢吞吞噉幾時先行得到山頂啊?

    Please walk faster. I wonder when we could reach the peak if you keep walking that slowly!

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

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