<p>I don't know much about Cantonese, but based on your description, I believe the appropriate translation for Mandarin would be 剩下.</p>

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Mingwei Zhang
<p>剩翻 can also be written as 剩番</p>
<p><strong>广州话方言词典</strong></p>
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<p>剩下；只剩</p>
<p>剩番兩個</p>
<p>剩番地理未考完。</p>
<p>只剩地理還沒考完。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>《广州话-普通话》</p>
<blockquote>
<p>留下；剩下</p>
<p>剩番佢兩個喺度值班</p>
<p>留下他兩個值班</p>
<p>份稿剩番幾頁未抄。</p>
<p>稿子剩下幾頁沒有抄完</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Here we have 剩下, 留下 and 只剩 all used in different translations of 剩番 or 剩翻.</p>

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<p>In Cantonese 剩翻 often means left over or surplus, as in 剩翻好少錢 （only a little money remains) or 剩翻好多飯 （lots of rice/food left over). What's the Mandarin equivalent of 剩翻? Would it be 留下？</p>

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Mandarin version of 剩翻 (left over)?
# Mandarin version of 剩翻 (left over)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-18)

In Cantonese 剩翻 often means left over or surplus, as in 剩翻好少錢 （only a little money remains) or 剩翻好多飯 （lots of rice/food left over). What's the Mandarin equivalent of 剩翻? Would it be 留下？

CantoDict page: <http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/48306/>

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

剩翻 can also be written as 剩番

**广州话方言词典**

> 剩下；只剩
>
> 剩番兩個
>
> 剩番地理未考完。
>
> 只剩地理還沒考完。

《广州话-普通话》

> 留下；剩下
>
> 剩番佢兩個喺度值班
>
> 留下他兩個值班
>
> 份稿剩番幾頁未抄。
>
> 稿子剩下幾頁沒有抄完

Here we have 剩下, 留下 and 只剩 all used in different translations of 剩番 or 剩翻.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-19. Score: 1

I don't know much about Cantonese, but based on your description, I believe the appropriate translation for Mandarin would be 剩下.


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