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 32776 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.]

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