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啲di1人jan4

di1 jan4dī rén

English

  1. some people, those people
  2. those people ----
  3. someone; used sarcastically to refer to a specific person without mentioning the name
  4. people; they; usually used as a pronoun to talk about common beliefs or practices

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 某啲人
  2. 某個人;用嚟諷刺、唔開名噉講一個指定人
  3. 大家;一般人;所有人

Examples

  • 啲人以為好易。

    People think that it's easy.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 啲人冇咁早返㗎。

    They usually don't arrive this early.

  • 瑞士啲人講咩話㗎?

    What language do they speak in Switzerland?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢啲人工高我三倍。

    He earns three times as much as I.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 最衰都係啲人遲到啦!

    It's all because SOMEONE was late! ----

  • 啲人點解要去睇戲嘅?

    Why do people go to the movies?

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 啲人望住我哋又點啫?

    What difference does it make if people are looking at us?

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 啲人成日話日文好難學。

    Japanese is often said to be a difficult language to learn.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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