差唔多

Chinese

differ from; short of; to lack
differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
 
hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
trad. (差唔多)
simp. #(差唔多)
alternative forms 差毋多 chiefly Hakka
參唔多参唔多 Cantonese caam1 m4 do1, nonstandard
參多参多 Teochew cam6 do1

Pronunciation


Note: caam1 m4 do1 - regressive assimilation.
  • Hakka
    • (Meixian)
      • Guangdong: ca1 m2 do1
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ m̩¹¹ to⁴⁴/
  • Southern Min
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: ca1 m6 do1 / cam6 do1
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsha m̆ to / tshăm to
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰa³³⁻²³ m³⁵⁻¹¹ to³³⁻²³ /, / t͡sʰam³⁵⁻¹¹ to³³/
Note: cam6 - contraction of ca1 m6.

Adjective

差唔多 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

  1. similar
  2. not bad

Adverb

差唔多 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

  1. almost; nearly

Interjection

差唔多 (Cantonese, Teochew)

  1. (colloquial) sort of; kinda

See also