得緊要

See also: 得紧要

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	important; vital; critical important; vital; critical; serious; crucial; to an extreme degree; serious
trad. (得緊要)		得	緊要
simp. (得紧要)		得	紧要

Alternative forms

• 得好緊要／得好紧要

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ gan² jiu³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ gan² jiu³
    • Yale: dāk gán yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ gan² jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ gen² yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ kɐn³⁵ jiːu̯³³/

Adverb

得緊要

1. (Cantonese) a lot, very much, like crazy, amazingly

   • 愛到發燒（就快熱爆了，熱燙得緊要） [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     爱到发烧（就快热爆了，热烫得紧要） [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 林子祥, 愛到發燒

     oi³ dou³ faat³ siu¹ (zau⁶ faai³ jit⁶ baau³ liu⁵, jit⁶ tong³ dak¹ gan² jiu³) [Jyutping]

     I'm loving you so much that I've got a fever (I'm on the verge of bursting; I'm burning like crazy)

See also

• (Mandarin) 得厲害／得厉害