冇咗 [－－]

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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese
    to forget about something
    • 完全冇咗件事添！
      完全冇咗件事添！
      jyun4 cyun4 mou5 zo2 gin6 si6 tim1!
      I'd completely forgotten about the whole thing!
  2. verb, Cantonese
    to have ceased existence; to have stopped existing
  3. verb, Cantonese
    to no longer have
    • 差啲冇咗条命
      差啲冇咗条命
      caa1 di1 mou5 zo2 tiu4 meng6
      nearly lost one's life
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    如果佢撞车𠮶阵戴咗安全带，就唔会冇咗条命。
    如果佢撞車嗰陣戴咗安全帶，就唔會冇咗條命。
    jyu4 gwo2 keoi5 zong6 ce1 go2 zan6 daai3 zo2 on1 cyun4 daai2 ， zau6 m4 wui2 mou5 zo2 tiu4 meng6 。
    • He would still be alive if he had been wearing his seat belt when the car crashed.
  2. Cantonese
    呢件事搞到佢冇咗份工。
    呢件事搞到佢冇咗份工。
    nei4 gin2 si6 gaau2 dou3 keoi5 mou5 zo2 fan6 gung1 。
    • That cost him his job.
  3. Cantonese
    我玩完喇。我冇咗份工呀。
    我玩完喇。我冇咗份工呀。
    ngo5 waan2 jyun4 laa3 。 ngo5 mou5 zo2 fan6 gung1 aa3 。
    • It's all over for me. I lost my job.
  4. Cantonese
    阿爸冇咗份工，更加惨嘅系阿妈又病咗。
    阿爸冇咗份工，更加慘嘅係阿媽又病咗。
    aa3 baa1 mou5 zo2 fan6 gung1 ， gang3 gaa1 caam2 ge3 hai6 aa3 maa1 jau6 beng6 zo2 。
    • Father has lost his job, and what's worse, Mother has fallen ill.
  5. Cantonese
    我唔可以冇咗你。
    我唔可以冇咗你。
    ngo5 m4 ho2 ji5 mou5 zo2 nei5 。
    • I can't be without you.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    冇咗樖树，仲有成片森林。
    冇咗樖樹，仲有成片森林。
    mou5 zo2 po1 syu6, zung6 jau5 seng4 pin3 sam1 lam4.
    • You lost a tree, but the forest is still here.
  2. Cantonese
    佢成日食饭时间就冇咗影，唔知系咪去咗拍拖？
    佢成日食飯時間就冇咗影，唔知係咪去咗拍拖？
    keoi5 sing4 jat6 sik6 faan6 si4 gaan3 zau6 mou5 zo2 jing2, m4 zi1 hai6 mai6 heoi3 zo2 paak3 to1
    • He's always gone without a trace at dinner time. Has he been going out on dates?
  3. Cantonese
    只猫绝咗育之后就冇咗粒春。
    隻貓絕咗育之後就冇咗粒春。
    zek3 maau1 zyut6 zo2 juk6 zi1 hau6 zau6 mou5 zo2 nap1 ceon1.
    • After the sterilization, the cat lost the scrotum.
  4. Cantonese
    估唔到呢段感情就噉冇咗。
    估唔到呢段感情就噉冇咗。
    gu2 m4 dou2 ni1 dyun6 gam2 cing4 zau6 gam2 mou5 zo2
    • I didn't expect this relationship to end so suddenly.
  5. Cantonese
    呢度冇咗你唔掂㗎。
    呢度冇咗你唔掂㗎。
    ni1 dou6 mou5 zo2 nei5 m4 dim6 gaa3.
    • We can't run without you. / It won't work without you.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    完全冇咗件事添！
    完全冇咗件事添！
    jyun4 cyun4 mou5 zo2 gin6 si6 tim1!
    • I'd completely forgotten about the whole thing!
  2. Cantonese
    差啲冇咗条命
    差啲冇咗条命
    caa1 di1 mou5 zo2 tiu4 meng6
    • nearly lost one's life