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麻煩你
  maa4 faan4 nei5   jyutping
"Could I trouble you...?" / "Excuse me...?"

A polite way of asking for assistance

Level: 2
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
麻煩你

This word was added by sheik on 31st Aug 2006 14:08 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 maa4  -  hemp; flax; sesame; coarse
 faan4  -  bother; vex; trouble; annoy
 nei5  -  you

Showing all 2 examples containing 麻煩你
detail 麻煩你翻譯畀我
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
[Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]
detail 麻煩你白滾水
I'd have to trouble you for a glass of plain water
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