<p>"多到幾咁嚴重" is sometimes simply a verbal form of "嚴重地多"</p>

<p>In such context, you can translate the sentence as:</p>

<p>You can conjecture that the number of criminal cases is seriously high.</p>

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2015-09-03T14:35:51.017Z
Henry HO
<p>In Cantonese, what does 多到 (do1 dou3) mean in this context?</p>
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<p>你可以想像罪案<strong>多到</strong>幾咁嚴重嘞!</p>
<p>nei5 ho2-ji5 soeng2-zoeng6 zeoi6-on3 <strong>do1 dou3</strong> gei2-gam3 jim4-zung6 laak3!</p>
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<p>My guess is that the sentence translates to something like this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>You can imagine the criminal cases — <strong>many became</strong> quite serious!</p>
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<p>But I'm really not sure.  This is the first time I've come across this pattern.</p>

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多到數唔晒 = Ample amount (So many that I can't even count them all.)
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"想像" here is more like "guess"/"conjecture" than "imagine".
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In Cantonese, what does 多到 (do1 dou3) mean?
# In Cantonese, what does 多到 (do1 dou3) mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-21)

In Cantonese, what does 多到 (do1 dou3) mean in this context?

> 你可以想像罪案**多到**幾咁嚴重嘞!
>
> nei5 ho2-ji5 soeng2-zoeng6 zeoi6-on3 **do1 dou3** gei2-gam3 jim4-zung6 laak3!

My guess is that the sentence translates to something like this:

> You can imagine the criminal cases — **many became** quite serious!

But I'm really not sure. This is the first time I've come across this pattern.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 多到數唔晒 = Ample amount (So many that I can't even count them all.)  
> **username_2**: "想像" here is more like "guess"/"conjecture" than "imagine".  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-09-03. Score: 0

"多到幾咁嚴重" is sometimes simply a verbal form of "嚴重地多"

In such context, you can translate the sentence as:

You can conjecture that the number of criminal cases is seriously high.


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