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人哋
  jan4 dei6   jyutping
[1] other people; others; everybody else
[2] he; she; they; him; her; them
[3] (often used playfully) I; me

pronoun

Level: 1   Google Frequency: 638

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

This word has been viewed 5441 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 29th Jun 2014 06:47
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Characters in this word:

 jan4  -  person; human being
 dei6 dei6*2  -  somewhat; (plural/adverb suffix)

1 compounds containing this word:

人哋嘅 - other people's

Showing all 7 examples containing 人哋
detail audio 人哋重係黃花閨女
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]
detail 真係冇用畀人乜都出嚟
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.
detail 人哋啱啱廣東話發音唔好
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,135838,135838#msg-135838]
detail 唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼如果唔係眼挑針  ?! 
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]
detail 等陣銀行人哋入票
I want to go to the bank in a moment to cash a cheque.
detail 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.]
detail 我等銀行人哋入票
I'll want to go to the bank to cash a cheque for someone soon.
[Shouldn't be parsed as 我等 陣(我哋) but as 我 等陣]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  jan4 dei6   = variant of 人哋


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