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粵拼: ni1 / nei1 [粵][pron][adj] this, same as 邇 粵拼: ne1 -- 拼音: ne [1][final particle] used mostly to make a shortened question by repeating only some element of a previous question [2][interjection] look; there we are; there it is [3][粵]: level 粵拼: nei4 -- 拼音: ní [n] woolen cloth  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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呢位
ni1 wai6*2 = this one; this person 粵
呢個
ni1 go3 = this 粵
呢啲
ni1 di1 = these 粵
呢便
ni1 bin6 = here; this side 粵
呢度
ni1 dou6 = here 粵
呢次
ni1 ci3 = this time 粵
呢樣
ni1 joeng6 = this type; this kind 粵
唔係呢
m4 hai6 ne1 = otherwise; or else 粵
呢保
li1 bou2 = a label (loanword)
喺呢度
hai2 ni1 dou6 = here; at this place 粵See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 37 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 117 examples containing 呢
麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽 粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me? [Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]
呢頭有冇郵局呀？ 粵
Is there a post office in the area? [Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]
當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。 粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong. [This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
點先可以學好廣東話呢？ 粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well? [點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。 先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]
唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！ 粵
Don't buy food with preservatives! [Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making! [Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]
呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！ 粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes! [Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀 粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours! [Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]
其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎 粵
You must be popular with the boys! [Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
呢度有我份漫畫作品 粵
Here's some of the manga I've produced. [Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]
呢個實驗最緊要係記性 粵
It's vital to remember what you're doing in this experiment. [Lit. this [counter] experiment[,] most important is memory Translated more directly: "the most important thing about this experiment is memory", but I don't think that's what's meant since the context is a chemistry experiment rather than psychology.]
呢啲珍珠好韌㗎 粵
These bubbles are very chewy! [Lit. this [plural counter] pearl very chewy [particle] Note: 珍珠/bubbles refers to 珍珠奶茶, bubble milk tea. The "bubbles" are black spheres a few mm in diameter. ]
呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質 粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk. [Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]
呢件衫你愛唔愛㗎？ 粵
Do you want this piece of clothing? [Lit. this piece clothing you want not want [particle]?]
呢杯水你仲愛唔愛？ 粵
Do you still want this glass of water? [Note that the final syllable can be changed to something resembling tone 2 to form a question.]
乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here? [Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]
呢個旅遊團以香港人為主。 粵
This tourist group consists mainly of Hongkong people. [以...為主 = take ... as the main thing]
呢部機器好容易操作。 粵
It's easy to operate this machine. [Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]
年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通 粵
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.
估唔到會喺呢度見到你! 粵
Fancy seeing you here! [See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]
如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。 粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?
呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。 粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor. [(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
呢份工做到嗍氣。 粵
This job involves strenuous work. [[i]lit.[/i] this job work till gasp breath Note: "job" is topic, not subject. Extent particle 到 is followed by verb phrase 嗍氣.]
呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀 粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.
呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論 粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?
我同你冇仇噃，點解次次省波餅我食呢？ 粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time? [Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]
舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興㗎喇。 粵
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.
同咁多對手競爭，點樣先至得令到自己脫穎而出呢 粵
With so many other competitors, how can I ensure that I stand out from the rest?
呢度小小心意，希望你笑納。 粵
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly. [心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]
我未試過對我老婆唔住，你呢？ 粵
I have never cheated on my wife, (how about) you? [Literally] I haven't tried (and did something that I) cannot face to my wife, you? [whether it means "cannot face to/cannot confront with" or "sorry",to 對唔住 someone you're romantically involved,it mostly refers to you "cheat". Otherwise, it can means you did something that disappointed the other or you let someone down.]
呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。 粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter. [In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦 粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook. [Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀 粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law! [Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]
呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事 粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark. [Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]
呢盤生意係蝕本生意嚟㗎 粵
This venture... is loss-making. [Lit. this [counter] business is loss-making business [explanatory particle]]
你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸 粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty. [Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]
聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人 粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently. [Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]
其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手 粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears. [Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]
可唔可以解釋一下點解妳會無端端被人拉呢？ 粵
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason? [Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]
我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。 粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance. [In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]
呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。 粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient. [The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]
呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。 粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy. [Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。 粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。 粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.
呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
Can he really do this piece of job? [In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]
呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎 粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.
呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢 粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.
呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份 粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence. [Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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