喺 (hai2 | xi4) : be in; be on; be at

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喺

hai2

xi4

[v] be located at; be in; be on; be at [prep] in; on; at; form

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

喺

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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喺處 hai2 syu3 = here; there 粵

喺埋一齊 hai2 maai4 jat1 cai4 xi4 mai2 yi1 qi2 = be together 粵

喺呢度 hai2 ni1 dou6 = at this place 粵

喺嗰度 hai2 go2 dou6 = at that place 粵

喺呢處 hai2 ni1 syu3 = at this place 粵

喺嗰處 hai2 go2 syu3 = at that place 粵

唔喺度 m4 hai2 dou6 = [1] not around [2] to be dead 粵

唔喺處 m4 hai2 syu3 = not around 粵

喺度 hai2 dou6 = (be) here; (be) there 粵

入錢喺 jap6 cin4*2 hai2 = to enter money into 粵
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Showing 10 of 49 examples containing 喺

我喺學校做嘢粵
I work at school

你喺邊一個國家來㗎？粵
Which country are you from?

你個仔係唔係喺大學讀緊書? 粵
Is your son studying in university?

我將個手提電話擺喺度粵
I put my mobile phone here

我將隻杯擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

隻杯我擺喺度粵
I put the cup here

咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。粵
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving.
[the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.]

我地七點喺七仔等啦。粵
We meet (outside) at Seven-Eleven shop at 7:00.

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親朋粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

我鍾意喺互聯網買嘢粵
I like to buy stuff on the internet. I like to shop online/on the internet.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 喺
Unicode code for this character: U+55BA (off-site link)

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