畀你 (bei2 nei5 | ) : give you; let you

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畀你

bei2 nei5

give you; let you

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 62,800

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

畀你

This word has been viewed 6593 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by beLIEve on 9th Aug 2004 19:24 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

畀 bei2 - give to; confer; bestow
你 nei5 - you

1 compounds containing this word:

死畀你睇 - "I'll show you!"

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我哼畀你聽粵
I'll hum it for you.
[Lit. I hum give you listen.]

我有樣嘢送畀你粵
I've got something to give you.

我唔想畀你哋見到粵
I don't want to let you see.
[Lit. I not want give you-[plural marker] see-arrive]

我send咗email畀你喇，你check啦！粵
I sent you an email, check it!
[This is a good example of typical office Cantonese. It's very normal to integrate the three English words above; using the "proper" Chinese words (電郵, 寄 and 睇) is not the most natural way of saying it.]

我介紹我男朋友畀你識粵
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]

若果你唔乖﹐聖誕老人就唔送禮物畀你粵
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.

有好多頂頭盔畀你揀粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose.
[Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]

我頭先email畀你嗰啲資料，你收到未呀？粵
Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet?
[Lit. I just-now email give you that information, you receive not-yet [particle]?]

你媽咪畀唔畀你早走呀？粵
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

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