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太
忙
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Jyutping
taai3 mong4
Pinyin
tài máng
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
too busy [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他们两位现在太忙了,不想跟你谈。
他們兩位現在太忙了,不想跟你談。
tā men liǎng wèi xiàn zài tài máng le , bù xiǎng gēn nǐ tán 。
The two of them are two busy now; they can't talk to you.
Mandarin
我是因为太忙,所以才没有回信给你的。
我是因為太忙,所以才沒有回信給你的。
wǒ shì yīn wèi tài máng , suǒ yǐ cái méi yǒu huí xìn gěi nǐ de 。
I didn't answer your letter, because I was busy.
Mandarin
我没回你的信,因为我太忙了。
我沒回你的信,因為我太忙了。
wǒ méi huí nǐ de xìn , yīn wèi wǒ tài máng le 。
I did not reply to your letter as I was too busy.
I didn't answer your letter because I was too busy.
Mandarin
我本打算跟她一起去,可是我太忙了。
我本打算跟她一起去,可是我太忙了。
wǒ běn dǎ suàn gēn tā yī qǐ qù , kě shì wǒ tài máng le 。
I intended to go with her, but I was too busy.
Mandarin
我太忙了不能去。
我太忙了不能去。
wǒ tài máng le bù néng qù 。
I am too busy to go.
I'm too busy to go.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
之前返工太忙,我都好耐冇见过啲亲朋戚友喇。
之前返工太忙,我都好耐冇見過啲親朋戚友喇。
zi1 cin4 faan1 gung1 taai3 mong4, ngo5 dou1 hou2 noi6 mou5 gin3 gwo3 di1 can1 pang4 cik1 jau5 laa3.
I was too busy at work. It's been quite a while since I last met my relatives and friends.
Cantonese
我工作太忙,想去旅行抖下气都冇时间。
我工作太忙,想去旅行抖下氣都冇時間。
ngo5 gung1 zok3 taai3 mong4, soeng2 heoi3 leoi5 hang4 tau2 haa5 hei3 dou1 mou5 si4 gaan3
I've been so busy with work; no time to even take a break and go somewhere.
Cantonese
阿明同阿玲太忙,自然而然就感情淡咗。
阿明同阿玲太忙,自然而然就感情淡咗。
aa3 ming4 tung4 aa3 ling4 taai3 mong4, zi6 jin4 ji4 jin4 zau6 gam2 cing4 taam5 zo2.
Ah-ming and Ah-ling are both too busy so they feelings towards each other have naturally faded out.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
“我一直都在长草这部美剧啊,可惜太忙了没时间看。”
“我一直都在長草這部美劇啊,可惜太忙了沒時間看。”
“ wǒ yī zhí dōu zài cháng cǎo zhè bù měi jù a , kě xī tài máng le méi shí jiān kàn . ”
"I've always wanted to watch this American TV show, but I've just been too busy to watch it."