唔切

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (唔切)		唔	切

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ cit³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: m⁴ cit³
  - Yale: m̀h chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Verb

唔切

(Cantonese) to not have enough time to do something
趕唔切／赶唔切 [Cantonese] ― gon² m⁴ cit³ [Jyutping] ― unable to catch up with

我今朝趕住出門口，食唔切早餐。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我今朝赶住出门口，食唔切早餐。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ gam¹ ziu¹ gon² zyu⁶ ceot¹ mun⁴ hau², sik⁶ m⁴ cit³ zou² caan¹. [Jyutping]
I was in a hurry to leave today, so I did not have time to have breakfast.

See also

不及 (bùjí)

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