粵

擳zit1牙ngaa4膏gou1

zit1 ngaa4 gou1zhì yá gāoinferred

English

  1. to provide information or to do something bit by bit, often only upon the urging of others; literally "to squeeze toothpaste"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 逐啲逐啲噉披露資訊,或者逐啲逐啲噉做某樣嘢;通常要其他人催促先肯做

Examples

  • 政府擳牙膏噉回應食水含鉛事件。

    The government drip-feeds information about the lead-in-drinking-water incidents.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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