粵

吟ngam4吟ngam4沉cam4沉cam4

ngam4 ngam4 cam4 cam4yín yín chén chén

English

  1. muttering
  2. to nag; to drone on

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇特定對象噉低聲講嘢,內容會令人厭煩甚至憤怒

Examples

  • 森美吟吟沉沉啱講咗啲嘢,但係我聽唔到佢講咩。

    Sami muttered something that I couldn't hear.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你再係吟吟沉沉,唔該你即刻走。

    If you're gonna keep nagging, please just leave.

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

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