爭在 [争－]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. only when; it depends on
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    剩低​、​取決​於
    depends on
    • 我就搞掂咗架喇，爭在佢哋唔知得未啫。
      我就搞掂咗架喇，争在佢哋唔知得未啫。
      I have done my part, it's up to them to finish the job.
    • 呢兩部係一樣，爭在隻色唔同。
      呢两部系一样，争在只色唔同。
      These two machines are the same but differ by colour.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese
    to only depend on; to differ on
    • 佢迟早都会死，系争在几时死啫。
      佢迟早都会死，系争在几时死啫。
      keoi5 ci4 zou2 dou1 wui5 sei2, hai6 zaang1 zoi6 gei2 si4 sei2 ze1.
      He will eventually die, it only depends on when.
  2. verb, Cantonese
    to lack; to remain
    • 间餐厅啲嘢食好好味，争在唔够热啫。
      间餐厅啲嘢食好好味，争在唔够热啫。
      gaan1 caan1 teng1 di1 je5 sik6 hou2 hou2 mei6, zaang1 zoi6 m4 gau3 jit6 ze1.
      The food at this restaurant is very delicious, but [what is lacking is that] the food is not hot enough.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    战争在1939年爆发了。
    戰爭在1939年爆發了。
    zhàn zhēng zài 1939 nián bào fā le 。
    • War broke out in 1939.
  2. Mandarin
    外交部长称战争在所难免。
    外交部長稱戰爭在所難免。
    wài jiāo bù zhǎng chēng zhàn zhēng zài suǒ nán miǎn 。
    • The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    做得一样，唔争在做多样啦。
    做得一樣，唔爭在做多樣啦。
    zou6 dak1 jat1 joeng6, m4 zaang1 zoi6 zou6 do1 joeng6 laa1.
    • Having completed one, you shouldn't mind doing just to do one more.
  2. Cantonese
    佢为咗避债，又搬屋又辞职，争在未走佬咋。
    佢為咗避債，又搬屋又辭職，爭在未走佬咋。
    keoi5 wai6 zo2 bei6 zaai3, jau6 bun1 uk1 jau6 ci4 zik1, zaang1 zoi6 mei6 zau2 lou2 zaa3.
    • In order to evade debts, he moved his residence and quit his job. He's yet to run away.
  3. Cantonese
    我就搞掂咗架喇，争在佢哋唔知得未啫。
    我就搞掂咗架喇，爭在佢哋唔知得未啫。
    • I have done my part, it's up to them to finish the job.
  4. Cantonese
    呢两部系一样，争在只色唔同。
    呢兩部係一樣，爭在隻色唔同。
    • These two machines are the same but differ by colour.
  5. Cantonese
    既然你都系去𠮶度，咁唔争在带埋个妹去啦可？
    既然你都係去嗰度，咁唔爭在帶埋個妹去啦可？
    gei3 jin4 nei5 dou1 hai6 heoi3 go2 dou6, gam2 m4 zaang1 zoi6 daai3 maai4 go3 mui2 heoi3 laa1 ho2?
    • Since you are going to that place, it doesn't matter to take your sister there as well, right?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    是非一定要搞清楚，因为党内的原则争论，是社会上阶级斗争在党内的反映，是不允许含糊的。
    是非一定要搞清楚，因為黨內的原則爭論，是社會上階級鬥爭在黨內的反映，是不允許含糊的。
    shì fēi yī dìng yào gǎo qīng chu ， yīn wèi dǎng nèi de yuán zé zhēng lùn ， shì shè huì shàng jiē jí dòu zhēng zài dǎng nèi de fǎn yìng ， shì bù yǔn xǔ hán hu de ．
    • A clear distinction must be drawn between right and wrong, for inner-Party controversies over principle are a reflection inside the Party of the class struggle in society, and no equivocation is to be tolerated.