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冇幾耐

冇幾耐

See also: 冇几耐

Chinese

		not have (Cantonese)
trad. (冇幾耐)		冇	幾耐
simp. (冇几耐)		冇	几耐

Adverb

冇幾耐

(Cantonese) not long; for a short time so far

我哋呢個字典項目開始咗冇幾耐。 [Cantonese, trad.]

我哋呢个字典项目开始咗冇几耐。 [Cantonese, simp.]

From: 粵典

Ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ go³ zi⁶ din² hong⁶ muk⁶ hoi¹ ci² zo²mou⁵ gei² noi⁶. [Jyutping]

Our dictionary has not been open for very long yet.
(Cantonese) not long after; shortly after; before long

Usage notes

Used after the verb.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”)
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不久
Mandarin	Beijing	不久
Mandarin	Taiwan	不久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇幾耐、冇耐
Cantonese	Hong Kong	冇幾耐、冇耐
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無幾久
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	無幾久
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	無幾久
	Dongshi (Dabu)	無幾久
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	無幾久
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	無幾久
Min Nan	Quanzhou	無偌久
	Xiamen	無偌久
	Zhangzhou	無偌久
	Taipei	無偌久
	Kaohsiung	無偌久