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  je5   jyutping
  ye3   pinyin
[] thing; things; article; articles; goods; matter; stuff | : 東西; 物品; 物件

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Stroke count: 14
Level: 2
Radical: (#30)

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

This word has been viewed 30298 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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detail  mat1/mi1/me1 je5  mie1 ye3 = what
detail  sik6 je5   = to eat something
detail  zou6 je5  zuo4 ye3 = to work; to do things
detail  je5 sik6   = food
detail  maai5 je5  mai3 ye3 = shopping
detail  hou2 je5   = [1] good thing [2] (expression of delight)
detail 𥄫  gap6 je5   = snooping; peeping
detail  m4 zou6 je5  m2 zuo4 ye3 = to not do sth.
detail  mou5 je5   = nothing
detail  mat1 je5 dou1   = whatever; anything
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 81 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 74 examples containing 嘢
detail audio 餐廳好好
The food at that restaurant is excellent!
detail audio 學校做嘢
I work at school
detail audio 做乜嘢?
Why are you sad/angry?
detail audio 乜嘢?
What are you doing?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131584,131584#msg-131584]
detail audio 太多嘢食
Too much food!
[If it is obvious that food is being talked about, the more general 太多嘢喇! would probably be preferred.]
detail 乜嘢
What are you doing?
detail 喺度亂講乜嘢
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼?]
detail 唔明白
There's something I don't understand.
detail 畀你
I've got something to give you.
detail
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.]
detail 乜嘢?
What do you like to drink?
[呀 is a final particle used here to soften an abrupt question.]
detail audio 過來有啲
Come over here, I've got something I want to discuss with you.
detail audio 乜嘢?
What is your religion?
detail audio 中意乜嘢?
What do you like?
detail audio 上次做錯
Last time I made a mistake.
detail audio 呢排
I've recently been eating less.
detail audio 如果唔係買嘢
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.
detail audio 記得!
Remember to bring along all the stuff, okay!
detail audio 有冇聽日畀我
Do you have something you want to give me tomorrow?
detail audio 聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail audio 鍾意互聯網買嘢
I like to buy stuff on the internet. I like to shop online/on the internet.
detail audio 我哋屋企好多嘢食
We have so much nice food in the house.
detail audio 飲嘢
I want to drink something.
detail audio 唔會!
I don’t buy inferior stuff.
detail audio 好嘢!
That's very good indeed!
detail 醒胃
Sour food improves one's appetite.
detail 阿媽超級市場買嘢
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.
detail audio 乜嘢都知道
I have discovered all.
detail 唔會任何
I'm not going to do anything to you.
[Lit. I will not toward you do any (possessive particle) thing]
detail 雖然真空但係唔係乜嘢都
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]
detail 畀我做嘢嗰度秘書收埋
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
detail 重要而家先至
Why has he left telling me such an important thing until now?
[Lit. so important [possessive particle] thing, now only with me say?]
detail 佢嘅真正目的
What's his real plan?
detail 近排我哋滿意
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.]
detail 竟然精緻
I'd never have guessed you could make something so exquisite!
[Lit. you unexpectedly make so exquisite [possessive particle] thing.]
detail 乜嘢都正一冇膽鬼
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward.
[Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕,真係個冇膽鬼]
detail 唔好嘈唔知幾多  ?! 
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
detail 覺得英國香港有啲乜嘢分別
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong?
[Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]
detail 今日嗰啲乜嘢都九唔搭八
Nothing he wrote today made sense.
[Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]
detail 平時做嘢敷衍
I'm normally pretty apathetic about my work.
[You can also say 我平時做嘢做得好敷衍.]
detail 唔該睇住
Please keep an eye on my stuff.
[Parsing: 唔該 please | 你 you | 同 for | 我 me | 睇 watch | 住 keep | 啲嘢 the stuff.]
detail 乜嘢鍾意
She likes to eat any kind of fish.
[In this sentence, 乜嘢都 somehow becomes "any kind of". ]
detail audio 成日食嘢唔做嘢搏炒係咪?
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?
detail audio 嗰啲全部
Nothing you said made any sense.
detail audio 上次計數
I still haven't gotten even with you!
[for that thing you did before]
detail 起勢噉
He finished the work with vigour.
detail audio 咁多陰質
you did so many bad things
detail audio 屏埋邊度?
Where did you hide away those things?
detail 做嘢做到天光
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.
detail 做嘢快手之不過有時揦西
He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy.
detail 小心晚年
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.
detail audio 模稜兩可
He does not answer when asked; whenever he responds, they are vague.
detail 學好講嘢當我時候開始而家只係最後先至
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]
detail 做錯少少, 乞人憎!
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!
detail audio 成日喺度寫埋無聊費事
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.
detail audio 真係棘手
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.
detail 𥊙做乜嘢!
Take a peep to see what he's been doing!
detail 今次你好嘢不過下次冇咁好彩
You got away this time, but you won't be so lucky next time!
detail 而家唔好遲啲喊冷㗎喇
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.
detail 女仔小心唔好輕信男人講嘢OK
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.
detail 嘢食
Find a mesh cover to cover the food.
detail 重嘢時候保持姿勢正確
When moving heavy objects, (one) should maintain a correct posture.
[or "要保持正確嘅姿勢"]
detail 講嘢大聲
you speak too loudly
[lit. your talk-saying manner [is] too loud.]
detail 嗱嗱聲然後食飯
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!
detail 真係扭計成日冇心機
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]
detail 屋企黑猛猛好似盲咗
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.
detail 佢哋乘機暴亂搶嘢  ?! 
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.
detail 仲有重要清楚
I still have something important and in need of clarification to ask you.
detail 做生意第一就係
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]
detail 聽日嗰啲準備?
Have you finished preparing the stuff you're talking about tomorrow?
[As this sentence consists of a long relative clause 聽日講嗰啲嘢, a topic-comment construction like the above is preferred to a subject-verb-object construction like 你準備好聽日講嗰啲嘢未. ]
detail 買嘢攋低
He has left his umbrella behind while shopping.
detail 冷靜繼續做嘢
Keep Calm and Carry On
detail 點解打爛
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
detail 識做?
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).]

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