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[粵] thing; things; article; articles; goods; matter; stuff | 漢: 東西; 物品; 物件 See this thread for information on counters: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Stroke count: 14
Level: 2
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 30014 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 = what 粵 食嘢 sik6 je5 = to eat something 粵 做嘢 zou6 je5 = to work; to do things 粵 嘢食 je5 sik6 = food 粵 買嘢 maai5 je5 = 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 = to not do sth. 粵 冇嘢 mou5 je5 = nothing 粵 乜嘢都 mat1 je5 dou1 = whatever; anything 粵 See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 81 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 74 examples containing 嘢
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?]
我執緊嘢 粵
Show all 74 examplesI'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.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |