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唔該

唔該

See also: 唔该

Chinese

hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
 
that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (唔該) 唔 該
simp. (唔该) 唔 该

Interjection

唔該 (Cantonese)

  1. excuse me (to get attention)
    唔該，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔该，可唔可以要杯冰水呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    M4 goi1, ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 jiu3 bui1 bing1 seoi2 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Excuse me, can I have a glass of ice water?
  2. please
    唔該你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔该你同我睇住啲嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    M4 goi1 nei5 tung4 ngo5 tai2 zyu6 di1 je5. [Jyutping]
    Please keep an eye on my stuff.
  3. thank you
    唔該嗮！ / 唔该嗮！ [Cantonese]  ―  M4 goi1 saai3! [Jyutping]  ―  Thank you very much!

Synonyms

  • (thank you):
Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 有勞、感謝、感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 謝謝
Mandarin Beijing 謝謝、謝謝你、多謝
Taiwan 謝謝、謝謝你、多謝
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔該、多謝
Hong Kong 唔該、多謝
Taishan 唔該、多謝
Gan Nanchang 多謝
Hakka Meixian 多謝
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 恁仔細、承蒙你、阿里加多
Liudui (S. Sixian) 多謝、承蒙、承蒙你、阿里加多
Hsinchu (Hailu) 承蒙、承蒙你、阿里加多
Dongshi (Dabu) 勞瀝、恁勞瀝、承蒙、承蒙你、阿里加多
Zhuolan (Raoping) 承蒙、承蒙你、恁仔細、勞力、阿里加多
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 勞力、阿里加多
Jin Taiyuan 謝謝
Min Dong Fuzhou 謝謝
Min Nan Quanzhou 道謝、費神、勞力
Xiamen 多謝、費神、勞力
Zhangzhou 多謝、費神、勞力
Taipei 多謝、勞力
Kaohsiung 多謝、勞力、感恩
Tainan 多謝、勞力、感恩
Taichung 勞力、多謝
Yilan 多謝、勞力、感恩
Lukang 多謝、勞力
Sanxia 勞力
Kinmen 勞力、多謝
Magong 勞力、多謝
Hsinchu 勞力、多謝
Malaysia 感謝
Wu Shanghai 謝謝、謝謝儂、多謝
Xiang Changsha 多謝

Usage notes

When 唔該／唔该 is used to mean "thank you," only use it to thank someone for something that you have requested. Using it to thank someone for a gift, patronage, or applause may be offensive. See 多謝／多谢 (do1 ze6).

Etymology

From the negation particle 唔 (m4) and the character 該／该 (goi1, “should”), literally meaning "[this] should not [be done]", saying that what the other had done was not necessary or it was very kind of them to have done this.

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