嘢 (je5 | ye3) : [粵] thing; articles

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嘢

je5

ye3

[粵] thing; things; article; articles; goods; matter; stuff | 漢: 東西; 物品; 物件

(Classifier(s): 樣)

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

嘢

This word has been viewed 30428 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Aug 2012 05:34

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乜嘢 mat1/mi1/me1 je5 mie1 ye3 = what 粵

食嘢 sik6 je5 = to eat something 粵

做嘢 zou6 je5 zuo4 ye3 = to work; to do things 粵

嘢食 je5 sik6 = food 粵

買嘢 maai5 je5 mai3 ye3 = shopping 粵

好嘢 hou2 je5 = [1] good thing [2] (expression of delight) 粵

𥄫嘢 gap6 je5 = snooping; peeping 粵

唔做嘢 m4 zou6 je5 m2 zuo4 ye3 = to not do sth. 粵

冇嘢 mou5 je5 = nothing 粵

乜嘢都 mat1 je5 dou1 = whatever; anything 粵

飲嘢 jam2 je5 = [v] to drink (sth) 粵

冇乜嘢 mou5 mat1 je5 = nothing; it doesn't matter 粵

講嘢 gong2 je5 = talk 粵

做乜嘢 zou6 mat1 je5 = why 粵

整嘢食 zing2 je5 sik6 zheng3 ye3 shi2 = make sth. to eat; cook sth. 粵

咩嘢 me1 je5 = variant of 乜嘢粵

乜嘢話 mat1/mi1 je5 waa6/6*2 = what was said? 粵

流嘢 lau4 je5 = poor quality goods 粵

燒嘢食 siu1 je5 sik6 shao1 ye3 shi2 = barbeque 粵

玩嘢 waan4*2 je5 = play around; make trouble 粵

污糟嘢 wu1 zou1 je5 wu1 zao1 ye3 = ghosts; spirits; dirty stuff 粵

垃圾嘢 laap6 saap3 je5 = junk food 粵

偷嘢 tau1 je5 = to steal 粵

搶嘢 coeng2 je5 = to take something by force; to snatch; to rob sb (of sth) 粵

玩嘅嘢 waan4*2 ge3 je5 = a toy, plaything 粵

辣嘢 laat6 je5 = hot (spicy) food 粵

食辣嘢 sik6 laat6 je5 = to have hot (spicy) food 粵

來路嘢 loi4 lou6 je5 = imported goods 粵

神嘢 san4 je5 = [n] something damaged, broken, or unreliable 粵

一皮嘢 jat1 pei4 je5 = $10000HK (not to be confused with 一皮) 粵

筍嘢 seon2 je5 = good stuff 粵

曳嘢 jai5/4 je5 = shoddy or inferior goods 粵

執嘢 zap1 je5 = clean up, tidy up 粵

扮嘢 baan6 je5 = behave pretentiously; strike an attitude 粵

重嘢 cung5 je5 = powerful weapons, heavy guns (lit., "heavy things") 粵

大粒嘢 daai6 lap1 je5 = an important person, a bigshot, a VIP 粵

大枝嘢 daai6 zi1 je5 = an arrogant person 粵

肺講嘢 fai3 gong2 je5 = to speak nonsense 粵

叫嘢食 giu3 je5 sik6 = order food 粵

一嘢 jat1 je5 = in a short while 粵

一張嘢 jat1 zoeng1 je5 = one yuan; one dollar 粵

冇嘢到 mou5 je5 dou3 = incompetent; useless 粵

正嘢 zeng3 je5 = an exclamation that sth is "great!" 粵

演嘢 jin2 je5 = to show off 粵

用屎窟諗嘢 jung6 si2 fat1 nam2 je5 = making an idiotic suggestion (lit., "using one's anus to think of things") 粵

識嘢 sik1 je5 = to know what to do; to know how to manage things 粵

大路嘢 daai6 lou6 je5 = major thing 粵

日本嘢 jat6 bun2 je5 = Japanese food , Japanese meal 粵

執平嘢 zap1 peng4 je5 = bargain hunting 粵

撻嘢 taat1 je5 = steal; petty theft 粵

瀨嘢 laai6*2 je5 = to make a mistake and be caught; to be caught by the police, to fall into a trap 粵

攪嘢 gaau2 je5 = to stir up things (usually trouble); to have sex 粵

你好嘢 nei5 hou2 je5 = an expression of mockery and warning 粵

賴嘢 laai6*2 je5 = to make a mistake and be caught; to be caught by the police, to fall into a trap 粵

衰鬼嘢 seoi1 gwai2 je5 = a nuisance; an irritation 粵

舉嘢 geoi2 je5 = to pawn valuables (lit., "raise things") 粵

鼠嘢 syu2 je5 shu3 ye3 = to steal things 粵

搵嘢做 wan2 je5 zou6 = looking for a job 粵

㜺嘢 zaan2 je5 = good stuff 粵

諗嘢 nam2/lam2 je5 = to think about something 粵

嗌嘢食 aai3 je5 sik6 = order something to eat 粵

𤓓嘢 lo3 je5 = embarrassing things; events in which one lost face 粵

講嘢唔算數 gong2 je5 m4 syun3 sou3 = to go back on one's word 粵

淋瀋嘢 lam4 sam2 je5 = accessories 粵

領嘢 leng5 je5 = deceived; get into trouble 粵

揩嘢 haai1 ye5 kai1 ye3 = take drugs; be high on drugs 粵

一嚿嘢 jat1 gau6 je5 yi1 hu4 ye3 = (slang) HK$100 粵

乜嘢物嘢 mat1 je5 mat6 je5 mie1 ye3 wu4 ye3 = and so on 粵

撈嘢 lou1 je5 lao1 ye3 = work 粵

濕星嘢 sap1 sing1 je5 shi1 xing1 ye3 = trivial things 粵

出嘢 ceot1 je5 = to ejaculate (lit., "to exit stuff") 粵

法國嘢 faat3 gwok3 je5 = French food , French meal 粵

笠嘢 lap1 je5 li4 ye3 = steal; rob 粵

唔係嘢少 m4 hai6 je5 siu2 = no trivial matter 粵

攋嘢 laai6*2 je5 = be tricked; get into difficulties 粵

乜嘢新絲蘿蔔皮 mat1 je5 san1 si1 lo4 baak6 pei4 = What does he think he is? 粵

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嗰間餐廳啲嘢好好食㗎！粵
The food at that restaurant is excellent!

我喺學校做嘢粵
I work at school

你做乜嘢呀? 粵
Why are you sad/angry?

你做緊乜嘢呀? 粵
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]

太多嘢食喇！粵
Too much food!
[If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇！ would probably be preferred.]

你做緊乜嘢呀？粵
What are you doing?

你喺度亂講乜嘢？粵
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼？]

有樣嘢我唔明白粵
There's something I don't understand.

我有樣嘢送畀你粵
I've got something to give you.

我執緊嘢粵
I'm cleaning up/I'm packing up.
[Lit. I pack/clean [continuous particle] things There are two translations for this sentence depending on the context. You could use it when you're packing things to go on holiday or if you're just tidying up a messy room.]

飲乜嘢呀? 粵
What do you like to drink?
[呀 is a final particle used here to soften an abrupt question.]

過來呀，我有啲嘢想同你講呀。粵
Come over here, I've got something I want to discuss with you.

你信乜嘢教呀? 粵
What is your religion?

你中意啲乜嘢呀? 粵
What do you like?

上次我做錯嘢粵
Last time I made a mistake.

我呢排食少咗嘢粵
I've recently been eating less.

如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。粵
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

記得帶齊啲嘢喎! 粵
Remember to bring along all the stuff, okay!

你有冇嘢想聽日畀我呀？粵
Do you have something you want to give me tomorrow?

聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

我鍾意喺互聯網買嘢粵
I like to buy stuff on the internet. I like to shop online/on the internet.

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

我想飲嘢粵
I want to drink something.

平嘢我唔會買! 粵
I don’t buy inferior stuff.

好嘢噃! 粵
That's very good indeed!

食酸嘢好醒胃粵
Sour food improves one's appetite.

阿媽去咗超級市場買嘢。粵
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.

我乜嘢都知道晒！粵
I have discovered all.

我唔會對你做任何嘅嘢粵
I'm not going to do anything to you.
[Lit. I will not toward you do any (possessive particle) thing]

雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]

我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]

咁重要嘅嘢，而家先至同我講粵
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now?
[Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]

佢嘅真正目的係也嘢？粵
What's his real plan?

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

你竟然剩咁精緻嘅嘢粵
I'd never have guessed you could make something so exquisite!
[Lit. you unexpectedly make so exquisite [possessive particle] thing.]

佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward.
[Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]

唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]

你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong?
[Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]

佢今日寫嗰啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八粵
Nothing he wrote today made sense.
[Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]

我平時做嘢好敷衍粵
I'm normally pretty apathetic about my work.
[You can also say 我平時做嘢做得好敷衍.]

佢乜嘢魚都鍾意食。粵
She likes to eat any kind of fish.
[In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

你講嗰啲嘢全部都九唔踏八。粵
Nothing you said made any sense.

上次單嘢我都未同你計數呀！粵
I still haven't gotten even with you!
[for that thing you did before]

佢起勢噉做晒啲嘢粵
He finished the work with vigour.

你做咁多陰質嘢粵
you did so many bad things

啲嘢你屏埋喺邊度? 粵
Where did you hide away those things?

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

佢做嘢好快手，之不過有時揦西啲粵
He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy.

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

問佢嘢佢又唔答，答嚫哩就模稜兩可粵
He does not answer when asked; whenever he responds, they are vague.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

你真係掯，單嘢咁棘手你都搞得掂粵
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.

𥊙下佢做乜嘢! 粵
Take a peep to see what he's been doing!

今次你好嘢，不過下次冇咁好彩嘅嘞！粵
You got away this time, but you won't be so lucky next time!

而家唔好買住，遲啲啲嘢就會喊冷㗎喇。粵
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

搵個紗罩嚟扱實啲嘢食粵
Find a mesh cover to cover the food.

搬重嘢嘅時候，要保持姿勢正確。粵
When moving heavy objects, (one) should maintain a correct posture.
[or "要保持正確嘅姿勢"]

你講嘢講得太大聲粵
you speak too loudly
[lit. your talk-saying manner [is] too loud.]

你嗱嗱聲做埋啲嘢，然後去食飯啦！粵
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

佢哋乘機啲暴亂搶嘢粵 ?!
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.

我仲有樣好重要嘅嘢要問清楚你粵
I still have something important and in need of clarification to ask you.

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

聽日講嗰啲嘢你準備好未? 粵
Have you finished preparing the stuff you're talking about tomorrow?
[As this sentence consists of a long relative clause 聽日講嗰啲嘢, a topic-comment construction like the above is preferred to a subject-verb-object construction like 你準備好聽日講嗰啲嘢未. ]

佢買嘢攋低咗把遮。粵
He has left his umbrella behind while shopping.

冷靜啲，就繼續做嘢。粵
Keep Calm and Carry On

點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
Can he really do this piece of job?
[In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]

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