waa6 dak1 maai4話得埋话得埋
Jyutpingwaa6 dak1 maai4
Yalewah dāk màaih
Definition
Predictable; foreseeable; able to be anticipated.
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How it's used
Focuses on the ability to anticipate an outcome based on existing evidence or patterns. It is frequently used in rhetorical questions to express uncertainty about the future, emphasizing that nothing is truly certain despite appearances. It carries a slightly more casual and subjective tone than the formal 預測.
Examples
Their personalities are so incompatible, it's predictable they'd break up.
Who can predict how this situation will turn out?
Related words
Common phrases
who can say for sure
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 話得事, which means to have the authority to make a decision. Learners often mistake the two because they share the same initial characters.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
