掯 (kang3) — (of alcohol and tobacco) highly-flavour… in Cantonese

kang˗₃掯

Mandarin Pinyin: ken4

Meaning of 掯

noun(of alcohol and tobacco) highly-flavoured; strong; pronounced

nouncapable; competent; efficient

noun(Cantonese)/the strong taste of smell from cigarettes or alcohol/sth difficult to handle

呢杯酒冇咁掯，啱你飲

This glass of wine is not so strong; suitable for you.

你真係掯，單嘢咁棘手你都搞得掂

You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞

Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

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