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

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

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:08

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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  mat1 je5 dou1   = whatever; anything
detail  jam2 je5   = [v] to drink (sth)
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 45 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 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 audio 過來有啲
Come over here, I've got something I want to discuss with you.
detail audio 乜嘢?
What is your religion?
detail audio 中意乜嘢?
What do you like?
detail audio 上次做錯
Last time I made a mistake.
detail audio 呢排
I've recently been eating less.
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