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 word has been viewed 30895 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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住喺 zyu6 hai2 zhu4 zi2 = live at; live in 粵

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 = here; 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

包喺我身上 baau1 hai2 ngo5 san1 soeng6 bao1 xi2 wo3 shen1 shang4 = I'll take care of it; I'll deal with it 粵

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

唔喺處 m4 hai2 syu3 = not around 粵
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我喺學校做嘢粵
I work at school

把遮喺門前面粵
The umbrella is in front of the door.
[前面＝前便]

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？]

有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree.
[Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]

我嘅地埗喺呢度粵
My address is here.
[Lit. My address at here.]

我唔知你嘅地埗喺邊度。粵
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]

你而家喺日本粵
You're in Japan at the moment
[Lit. you now at Japan Std. Chinese: 你現在身處日本]

你唔可以企喺張枱上便粵
You can't stand on the table.
[Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".]

份報紙喺盒入便粵
The newspaper is in the box.
[Lit. the newspaper at box inside]

份報紙喺盒上便粵
The newspaper is on top of the box.
[Lit. [counter] newspaper at box top]

支筆唔喺盒入便粵
The pencil is not in the box.
[Lit. [counter] pencil not at box inside]

啲錢喺保險箱裡便粵
The money's in the safe.
[Lit. the money at safe inside]

今日喺幾多號？粵
What's the date today?
[Lit. today at how-many day-of-the-month]

請問，郵局喺邊度？
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]

妹妹成日喺度跳跳貢粵
She's always running around madly.
[Lit. little sister all-day at-here running-around]

我一點喺灣仔食晏。粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m.
["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]

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，我哋會大宴親友粵
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.

你嘅帽喺檯上面粵
Your hat is on the table.

佢住喺隔籬粵
He lives next door

佢坐喺我隔籬粵
He sits next to me

條金魚喺魚缸裏面游嚟游去。粵
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。粵
There are several birds on the tree.

一個人喺屋企好悶。粵
Staying at home alone is so boring.

喺街上面唔好走嚟走去。粵
Don't chase around on the street.

巴士喺半路拋錨粵
The bus broke down on the way.
[半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [國] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/936/]link[/url] ]

我而家喺機場等緊下班機。粵
I am waiting for the next plane at the airport.

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

請問喺伊到可以搭咩車去科大？粵
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?

佢喺度釣魚…但係終於釣到垃圾粵
He's fishing... but, he wound up catching some rubbish!
[Lit. He currently fishing... but, he finally catch-arrive rubbish!]

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

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.]

佢喺個帳篷前面等緊朋友粵
He's in front of a tent, waiting for his friend.
[Lit. He at [counter] camping-tent front-face waiting friend]

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

你要試吓佢程度喺邊度粵
You need to find out what his level is like.
[Lit. You need try-little he level at where. In this case, referencing a student's level of English. More explicitly, 你要試吓佢英文程度喺邊度.]

有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

有條友企喺張枱上便粵
There's a guy standing on the table.
[Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]

啲細路仔匿埋喺張枱下便粵
The kids are hiding under the table.
[Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.]

喺香港,我最怕嘅就係畀蚊咬粵
In Hong Kong, I'm most scared of being bitten.
[Lit. Hong Kong, I most scared [possessive particle] exactly is by mosquitoes bite. This sentence is topicalised: the topic (Hong Kong) is introduced at the start. Also, note the phrase 最怕嘅; the 嘅 turns it into a noun phrase.]

就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]

佢踩單車喺我身邊飛過。粵
She flew past me on her bike.
[飛過 is a metaphor matched by "flew past".]

戙個砧板喺度！粵
Stand the chopping board up here!
[You need to physically point at a space to indicate where 喺度 is.]

佢喺多倫多住咗十年喇。粵
He has lived in Toronto for ten years.
[喇 means "by now" in the sentence, indicating sth in the present. Cutting off 喇, the sentence would mean "He lived in Toronto for ten years", indicating sth of the past.]

佢存放咗幾本書喺我呢處。粵
He has left a number of books with me.

佢喺度搞乜鬼？粵
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?

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.]

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

喺馬來西亞，未滿17歲嘅人唔准揸車。粵
In Malaysia, those who have not reached the age of 17 cannot (legally) drive.

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.)]

唔好伏喺檯上面睇書! 粵
Don't bend over the desk to read!

啲嘢你屏埋喺邊度? 粵
Where did you hide away those things?

佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?

佢胃唔好痛到喺張床度捵嚟捵去粵
He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.

有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

你似乎過份啲噃，喺咁多人面前噉奚落佢粵
You have gone too far, to ridicule her in front of so many people.

唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。 ?!
DELETE: There are several birds on the tree.

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

我眼尾見到有人喺門口行過粵
I saw someone walked passed the door out from the corner of my eyes

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
[Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed.
[Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]

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]]

究竟佢喺度打咩鬼主意？
What's evil plan is he actually executing?

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]

有隻獅子喺動物園度走咗出嚟粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度唔見咗粵
A lion went missing from the zoo.

有隻獅子喺動物園度逃走咗粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.
[Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]

我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]

我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂上面粵
I'm standing on the roof of my friend's house.
[Equivalently: 我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂度]

呢袋衫躉喺你度先。粵
I'll leave this bag of clothes with you for the time being.

喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.

我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
[http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098]

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

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.

一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

嗰個黐線佬喺度周街露械。粵
That freak is flashing everyone all over the place.

我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed.
[[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ]

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