屋企 (uk1 kei5*2 | ) : house, home

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屋企

uk1 kei5*2

house, home

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 229,000

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

屋企

This word was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

屋 uk1 - house
企 kei5 kei5*2 hei3 - [v] hope; stand on tiptoe

5 compounds containing this word:

返屋企 - return home; go home
屋企人 - family; member of family
掛住屋企 - miss home
屋企餸 - home-made dishes
我屋企側近有樖好大嘅柳樹 - there's a large willow tree next to my house

Showing 10 of 20 examples containing 屋企

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企嘅粵
I'm going home today.
[the "today" is emphasized by the use of 係 in front of it, and the use of the final particle 嘅. Pronouncing 嘅 as ge2 would add a sense of puzzlement about the situation.]

佢返咗屋企嘞粵
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]

我屋企有阿爸、阿媽、阿哥同我。粵
My home has father, mother, brother and me.

呢間屋企有地毡粵
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

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