冇幾耐

See also: 冇几耐

Chinese

not have (dialectal) how long
trad. (冇幾耐) 幾耐
simp. (冇几耐) 几耐

Pronunciation


Adverb

冇幾耐

  1. (Cantonese) not long; for a short time so far
    呢個字典項目開始冇幾耐 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢个字典项目开始冇几耐 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 粵典
    Ngo5 dei6 ni1 go3 zi6 din2 hong6 muk6 hoi1 ci2 zo2 mou5 gei2 noi6. [Jyutping]
    Our dictionary has not been open for very long yet.
  2. (Cantonese) not long after; shortly after; before long

Usage notes

Used after the verb.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不久
Mandarin Beijing 不久, 沒多久
Taiwan 不久, 沒多久
Cantonese Guangzhou 冇幾耐, 冇耐
Hong Kong 冇幾耐, 冇耐
Hakka Meixian 無幾久
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 無幾久
Liudui (S. Sixian) 無幾久
Hsinchu (Hailu) 無幾久
Dongshi (Dabu) 無幾久
Hsinchu (Raoping) 無幾久
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 無幾久
Min Nan Xiamen 無偌久
Quanzhou 無偌久
Zhangzhou 無偌久
Taipei 無偌久
Kaohsiung 無偌久
Philippines (Manila) 無偌久
Chaozhou 唔久, 無偌久
Shantou 唔久, 無偌久
Wu Wenzhou 不一下兒過
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