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夠秤 (gau3 cing3) — to be of age (lit., "true to scale in weight": if something is 夠秤, it means that a vendor is giving the customer exactly the amount he is paying for) in Cantonese

gau˗₃夠cing˗₃秤
简 够秤
Mandarin Pinyin: gou4 cheng4

Meaning of 夠秤

nounto be of age (lit., "true to scale in weight": if something is 夠秤, it means that a vendor is giving the customer exactly the amount he is paying for)
nounnoun; adult (age over 18 years old)

Example Sentences with 夠秤

keoiˏ₅佢zungˍ₆仲meiˍ₆未gau˗₃夠chaing˗₃秤。
He's not old enough yet.
niˉ¹呢daanˉ¹單jeˏ₅嘢neiˏ₅你meiˍ₆未gau˗₃夠chaing˗₃秤。
You're not experienced enough for this job.
tiuˎ₄條zaiˊ²仔meiˍ₆未gau˗₃夠chaing˗₃秤。
That guy is immature.
gamˊ²咁sai˗₃細go˗₃個zauˍ₆就soengˊ²想paat˗₃拍to1?拖？meiˍ₆未gau˗₃夠chaing3!秤！
Want to date at such a young age? You're not old enough!
keoiˏ₅佢gingˉ¹經jimˍ₆驗meiˍ₆未gau˗₃夠chaing˗₃秤。
His experience is insufficient.
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Characters in 夠秤

夠gau3
tired of; fed up with
秤cing3
weigh with a scale, etc

Words Containing 夠秤

唔夠秤m4 gau3 cing3
underweight (in cantonese it can also mean 'underage')
未夠秤mei6 gau3 cing3
not old enough; not senior enough; to not carry enough weight (not have enough importance) [colloquial]

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