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 34783 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
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 81 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 74 examples containing 嘢

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.]

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