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買嘢

maai5 je5

mai3 ye3

to buy things; to shop; shopping | Std. Chin.: 買東西; 購物

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,110

買嘢

買 maai5 mai3 - buy
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles

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如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。粵 edit
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵 edit
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

我鍾意喺互聯網買嘢粵 edit
I do my shopping on the Internet.

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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