食咗飯未呀 (sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3 | ) : how are you? (informal)

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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.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 867

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

食咗飯未呀

This word has been viewed 21019 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by dr.slump on 22nd Jul 2004 00:43 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food
咗 zo2 - already
飯 faan6 - cooked rice
未 mei6 - not yet, not
呀 aa3 aa4 aa5 aa1 - final particle for softening abruptness

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

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