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唔得閒麻煩你斟水
  ngo5 zek3 sau2 m4 dak1 haan4, maa4 faan4 nei5 bong1 ngo5 zam1 seoi2!   jyutping
My hands are full [at the moment]... could you get some water for me?

lit. my [counter] hand not free, trouble you help me pour water
This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

  Level: 2
我隻手唔得閒,麻煩你幫我斟水!

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 ngo5  wo3  - I; me; my
 zek3  zhi1  - classifier for animals & containers
 sau2  shou3  - hand
唔得閒  m4 dak1 haan4  m2 de2 xian2  -  busy; not free
麻煩你  maa4 faan4 nei5    -  Could I trouble you...?
 bong1  bang1  - help; assist
斟水  zam1 seoi2    -  pour out water
This sentence was added by Eldon and last edited on 10th Jan 2013 00:12
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