出街 (ceot1 gaai1 | chu1 jie1) : to go out (to town)

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出街

ceot1 gaai1

chu1 jie1

to go out (to town, shopping, etc.) [粵]: 去街

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 367,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

出街

This word has been viewed 7272 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 22nd Apr 2009 00:56

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出 ceot1 - go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce
街 gaai1 - street

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我聽日同朋友出街呀。粵
I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

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