畀人 (bei2 jan4 | ) : let/give other people

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畀人

bei2 jan4

1. 畀人(verb) (passive verb form)
= to let/allow other person(s) to (verb) on person
= to be (passive verb "acted on") by people
[Var.] 俾人 [華]: 被人

2. (verb)畀人 (active verb form)
= (verb) to give others {e.g. 輸畀人 lose to others}

3. 畀人(noun) (verb here is active)
= to give others (noun) {e.g. 畀人錢 = 畀錢人哋 }

note the difference between the various forms

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Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

畀人

This word has been viewed 4817 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 30th Dec 2009 09:20 and last edited on 18th Oct 2011 09:33

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Characters in this word:

畀 bei2 - give to; confer; bestow
人 jan4 - person; human being

4 compounds containing this word:

畀人歧視 - being discriminated
畀人飛 - spurned by lover
畀人屈 - to be treat unjustly
畀人鬧 - to get a telling-off, to get a scolding

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點解佢哋會畀人拉呀？粵
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]

我畀人搵老襯。粵
Someone tricked me.

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

唔好笑得咁大聲啦！畀人歧視喇！
Don't laugh so loudly! We are being discriminated!

囉條繩緙住唔畀人入去粵
Encircle it with ropes to bar people from entry.

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

受人二分四畀人使穿鼻！粵
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.

似乎我幫唔到你，都係交個波畀人罷啦。粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

佢噏得就噏, 周時畀人抽後腳粵
He talks so much that people often use his own words to contradict him.

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

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