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吃東西

hek3 dung1 sai1

chi1 dong1 xi5

[1] to eat; to eat food; to eat sth.; to eat things; to eat stuff [2] to have a meal [] Cant.: 食嘢

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 1,860,000

吃東西

吃 hek3 hat1 chi1 {ji2} - eat (Mandarin)
東 dung1 dong1 - east
西 sai1 xi1 si1 yue1 - west

This word was added by tym on 3rd Sep 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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