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  je5   jyutping
  ye3   pinyin
[] thing; things; article; articles; goods; matter; stuff | : 東西; 物品; 物件

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Stroke count: 14
Level: 2
Radical: (#30)

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

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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detail  mat1/mi1/me1 je5  mie1 ye3 = what
detail  sik6 je5   = to eat something
detail  zou6 je5  zuo4 ye3 = to work; to do things
detail  je5 sik6   = food
detail  maai5 je5  mai3 ye3 = shopping
detail  hou2 je5   = [1] good thing [2] (expression of delight)
detail 𥄫  gap6 je5   = snooping; peeping
detail  m4 zou6 je5  m2 zuo4 ye3 = to not do sth.
detail  mou5 je5   = nothing
detail  mat1 je5 dou1   = whatever; anything
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 81 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 74 examples containing 嘢
detail audio 餐廳好好
The food at that restaurant is excellent!
detail audio 學校做嘢
I work at school
detail audio 做乜嘢?
Why are you sad/angry?
detail audio 乜嘢?
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]
detail audio 太多嘢食
Too much food!
[If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇! would probably be preferred.]
detail 乜嘢
What are you doing?
detail 喺度亂講乜嘢
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼?]
detail 唔明白
There's something I don't understand.
detail 畀你
I've got something to give you.
detail
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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