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食咗飯未呀

sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3

Lit. Have you eaten (rice) yet? - It's informally used to greet friends, instead of 你好 or 你點呀.

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

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 867

食咗飯未呀

食 sik6 zi6 ji6 shi2 yi4 {si4} - eat
咗 zo2 zuo3 - particle marking perfective aspect
飯 faan6 fan4 - cooked rice
未 mei6 wei4 - not yet, not
呀 aa3 aa1 aa4 aa6 ya1 xia1 ya2 - final particle

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你食咗飯未呀？粵 edit
Have you eaten yet?
[This is also commonly used as a greeting akin to "how are you"?]

This word was added by dr.slump on 22nd Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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