<blockquote>
  <p>“it depends on your definition of 'good'”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The followings could work:</p>

<p>這要看妳對 '好(吃)' 所下的定義是什麼 (M)</p>

<p>噉要睇妳對 '好(食)' 所落嘅定義係乜 (C)</p>

<p>這要看妳心目中 '好(吃)' 的定義是什麼 (M)</p>

<p>噉要睇妳心目中 '好(食)' 嘅定義係乜 (C)</p>

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2018-08-26T00:37:59.807Z
2018-08-26T00:37:59.807Z
Tang Ho
<p>The most succinct colloquial way to express this is probably:</p>

<p><strong>看你怎么看</strong>.</p>

<p>It literally means:</p>

<ul>
<li>看 = it depends</li>
<li>你 = you</li>
<li>怎么看 = how [you] see [it]</li>
</ul>

<p>which gives us something like: that depends on how <em>you</em> look at it.</p>

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Mou某
<p>Alice takes Bob to a new steak restaurant.</p>

<p>Alice: Do you think the steak here is good?</p>

<p>Bob: It depends on your definition of "good."</p>

<p>1) What is the natural translation for Bob's statement? 要看妳的好吃的定義 and 就看妳的看法是什麼 feel like English grammar.</p>

<p>2) Is the translation different for Cantonese?</p>

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2018-08-25T21:25:32.807Z
submit "definition" to iciba:  It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn'tit?

“这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？->replace 朋克摇滚乐 by "好吃＂
user6065
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"depends on your definition of" could be considered  English idiom which even when translated into other European languages might become "depends on how you define", accordingly check  iciba:  It depends on how you define capitalism.

 要弄清什么是资本主义.
user6065
<mandarin><cantonese>
Mandarin/Cantonese translation of "it depends on your definition of 'good'"
# Mandarin/Cantonese translation of "it depends on your definition of 'good'"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-25)

Alice takes Bob to a new steak restaurant.

Alice: Do you think the steak here is good?

Bob: It depends on your definition of "good."

1) What is the natural translation for Bob's statement? 要看妳的好吃的定義 and 就看妳的看法是什麼 feel like English grammar.

2) Is the translation different for Cantonese?

**Tags:** mandarin, cantonese
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: submit "definition" to iciba:  It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn'tit?  “这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？->replace 朋克摇滚乐 by "好吃＂  
> **username_1**: "depends on your definition of" could be considered  English idiom which even when translated into other European languages might become "depends on how you define", accordingly check  iciba:  It depends on how you define capitalism.   要弄清什么是资本主义.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> “it depends on your definition of 'good'”

The followings could work:

這要看妳對 '好(吃)' 所下的定義是什麼 (M)

噉要睇妳對 '好(食)' 所落嘅定義係乜 (C)

這要看妳心目中 '好(吃)' 的定義是什麼 (M)

噉要睇妳心目中 '好(食)' 嘅定義係乜 (C)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-08-26. Score: 1

The most succinct colloquial way to express this is probably:

**看你怎么看**.

It literally means:

* 看 = it depends
* 你 = you
* 怎么看 = how [you] see [it]

which gives us something like: that depends on how *you* look at it.


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