食得㗎

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	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
trad. (食得㗎)		食	得	㗎
simp. #(食得㗎)		食	得	㗎
Literally: “Is it edible?”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ dak¹ gaa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ dak¹ gaa⁴
    • Yale: sihk dāk gàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dak⁷ gaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ deg¹ ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² tɐk̚⁵ kaː²¹/

Phrase

食得㗎？

1. (Cantonese) sarcastically asking whether [this] is edible, expressing astonishment

   吓？咩嚟㗎？食得㗎？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   haa²? me¹ lai⁴ gaa³? sik⁶ dak¹ gaa⁴? [Jyutping]

   What? What is this? Is it edible?