哋 (dei6 dei6*2 | di4 dei1) : somewhat; (plural/adverb suffix)

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哋

dei6 dei6*2

di4 dei1

[粵] dei6
used after a personal pronoun to indicate plurality
[variant] 地 | [國] 們

[粵] dei6*2
[1] [adv] somewhat; a bit; a little (used after a reduplicated adjective to form an adjectival phrase)
[2] [adv suffix] -ly (affixed to a reduplicated adjective to form an adverbial phrase)
[variant] 地

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

哋

This word has been viewed 16451 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Feb 2012 10:08

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我哋 ngo5 dei6 = we 粵

你哋 nei5 dei6 = you (plural) 粵

佢哋 keoi5 dei6 qu3 di4 = they; them 粵

人哋 jan4 dei6 = other people, everybody else; he, she, they; I, me 粵

佢哋嘅 keoi5 dei6 ge3 = their; theirs 粵

你哋嘅 nei5 dei6 ge3 = your; yours (plural) 粵

我哋嘅 ngo5 dei6 ge3 = our; ours 粵

人哋嘅 jan4 dei6 ge3 = other people's 粵

爹哋 de1 di6 = daddy 粵

我哋自己 ngo5 dei6 zi6 gei2/1 wo3 di4 zi4 ji3 = ourselves 粵
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 66 examples containing 哋

我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now.
[literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]

以後我點叫你哋呀? 粵
How can I order from your [restaurant] in the future?
[Lit. Afterwards I how order you-guys?]

你哋唔使同我爭啦！粵
You don't need to fight with me!

其實我哋諗多咗粵
Actually, we're thinking about this too much.
[Lit. actually we think too-much Note: if you ask someone a simple question and they waste time running through every possible eventuality, this is a good phrase to bust out.]

我唔想畀你哋見到粵
I don't want to let you see.
[Lit. I not want give you-[plural marker] see-arrive]

你哋真係呃唔到人粵
You're no good at fooling people.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] really trick-not-arrive people]

你哋倆兄弟保重粵
You two take care of yourselves.
[Lit. you-[plural marker] two brothers take-care]

佢哋嘅分別只有半年。粵
There's only half a year's difference between them.
[Lit. Their difference only have half year]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

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

我哋幾時擺放聖誕裝飾呀? 粵
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

我哋比你哋好好多! 粵
We're better than you!

佢哋係遊客粵
They're tourists.

我哋去過九龍粵
We've been to Kowloon.

我哋嗰個年代十七歲粵
We were 17 (years old) back then.
[Lit. We that generation 17 years old]

佢哋放緊紙鷂粵
They're flying kites.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,116269]

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

佢哋終於喺返埋一齊粵
In the end they got back together again.
[終於 here implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]

佢哋卒之喺返埋一齊粵
In the end they got back together again.
[卒之, as with 終於, implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]

佢哋最後喺返埋一齊粵
They recently got back together.
[最後 implies something that happened recently - in this context, probably days or at most a month.]

唔好摸啲白鴿啦，佢哋非常之揦鮓粵
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty.
[Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ]

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]]

我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity.
[You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]

我哋唔可以畀佢死住粵
We can't let him die yet.
[Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]

你哋會唔會有啲拗撬呀？粵
Do you ever have arguments?
[Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural classifier] arguments [particle]?]

你哋會唔會有啲火花呀？粵 ?!
Are there ever sparks between you?
[Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]]

點解佢哋會畀人拉呀？粵
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]

你哋兩個嘈得滯，唔好嘈住我。粵
You two are too noisy, don't disturb me.

前日佢哋一齊食咗兩餐飯。粵
They took their meal twice together the day before yesterday.
[Here, 餐 is [i]not[/i] a classifier that modifies the noun 飯. It is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 食.]

老細話去邊﹐我哋就去邊。粵
We'll go wherever the boss says.
[Cantonese sentences often feature a balanced structure with repetitive wordings rather than a simple structure. ]

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.

今次嘅比賽我哋全軍覆沒，輸得好慘。粵
During the competition, our team was completely annihilated by theirs.

我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

你哋冇幾何嚟就坐耐啲啦粵
As you all seldom come, do stay (sit) a little longer.

老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

我哋嚟搓波先粵
Let's have a rally to warm up.
[[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

你就手下留情放佢哋一馬啦。粵
Show some mercy and let them go.

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

人哋啱啱學廣東話，發音唔準，你就唔好嘥人啦。粵
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]

唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]

佢哋結咗婚?呃鬼食豆腐咩。粵
They got married! You're kidding!

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

佢哋好開心噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're happily flying kites.

佢哋好興奮噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're excitedly flying kites.
[Note that 好開心噉 is considerably more common than 好興奮噉. (開心 is used in more situations in Cantonese than the translation "happy".)]

我想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I want to go to the bank in a moment to cash a cheque.

佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone.
[頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]

我等陣想去銀行幫人哋入票粵
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon.
[Shouldn't be parsed as 我等陣(我哋) but as 我等陣]

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋污糟邋遢粵
Don't touch the rats, they're extremely dirty.
[You could also add in a 好 in this case (i.e. 佢哋好污糟邋遢) with no real difference in meaning.]

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

佢哋乘機啲暴亂搶嘢粵 ?!
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.

我哋連佢咩動機都唔知道呀粵
We don't even know what his motive is.
[Lit. we even he what motive also not-know [particle].]

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

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.]

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

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