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負
擔
得
起
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负
担
--]
Jyutping
fu6 daam1 dak1 hei2
Pinyin
fu4dān de qǐ
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
to be able to afford; affordable [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
我不知道我能不能负担得起。
我不知道我能不能負擔得起。
wǒ bù zhī dào wǒ néng bù néng fù dān dé qǐ 。
I'm not sure I can afford it.
I'm not sure that I can afford it.
Mandarin
法国是一个福利国家,但它却不再能够负担得起了。
法國是一個福利國家,但它卻不再能夠負擔得起了。
fǎ guó shì yí gè fú lì guó jiā , dàn tā què bù zài néng gòu fù dān dé qǐ le 。
France is running a welfare state it can no longer afford.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
呢间舖头专卖高档嘢,一般人未必负担得起。
呢間舖頭專賣高檔嘢,一般人未必負擔得起。
ni1 gaan1 pou3 tau2 zyun1 maai6 gou1 dong3 je5, jat1 bun1 jan4 mei6 bit1 fu6 daam1 dak1 hei2.
This shop specialises in very high-class stuff that common people can hardly afford.