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頭先畀我等陣銀行人哋入票
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.
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 3
佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票

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 keoi5  qu2  - he; him; his; she; her; hers; it
頭先  tau4 sin1    -  just now; a moment ago
 waa6 waa2  hua4  - word; talk; speak; language
畀我  bei2 ngo5    -  give me; let me
 ting1 ting3 teng1  ting1 ting4  - listen to; obey; allow
 soeng2  xiang3  - want; wish
等陣  dang2 zan6    -  wait a while/moment ; soon, in a moment
 heoi3 heoi2  qu4 qu3  - go; leave; past; remove
銀行  ngan4 hong4  yin2 hang2  -  bank
 bong1  bang1  - help; assist
人哋  jan4 dei6    -  other people, everybody else; he, she, they; I, me
入票  jap6 piu3    -  cash a check
This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 22nd Aug 2011 06:59
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