梗係

See also: 梗系

Chinese

		stem	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (梗係)		梗	係
simp. (梗系)		梗	系
alternative forms		緊係／紧系

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² hai⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang² hai⁶
  - Yale: gáng haih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang² hai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng² hei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ hɐi̯²²/

Adverb

梗係

(Cantonese) of course; surely
佢梗係叻過我啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢梗系叻过我啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ gang² hai⁶ lek¹ gwo³ ngo⁵ laa³. [Jyutping]
He/she is definitely smarter than me.
- 你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館
  nei⁵ mou⁵ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵? gang² hai⁶ m⁴ seon³ laa¹!...... waak⁶ ze² jau⁵. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]
  You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.

Synonyms

當然／当然 (dāngrán)
固然 (gùrán)
自然 (zìrán)
(Cantonese) 實／实 (shí)
(Hokkien) 在勢／在势

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