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› 嘢
嘢
je5
Mandarin: dōng xī
Simplified: 东西
noun
Cantonese
Rank #16
Cantonese
💡 Tip:
All-purpose word for "thing / stuff / something". Extremely common in speech. 食嘢 = eat something, 買嘢 = buy something, 有嘢 = have something.
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東西
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1
thing; stuff
noun
Example Sentences
你買咗咩嘢?
A1
nei5
maai5
zo2
me1
je5?
What did you buy?
冇嘢,我冇事。
A1
mou5
je5,
ngo5
mou5
si6.
Nothing, I am fine.
Words containing 嘢
皮嘢
pei4
je5
(noun) X tens of thousands of dollars (usually prefixed by a number)
曳嘢
jai5/4
je5
shoddy or inferior goods
一斤嘢
jat1
gan1
je5
dollars [colloquial] | one hundred bucks
扮晒嘢
baan6
saai3
je5
to be boastful; to claim to be very powerful [colloquial]
嘢飲
je5
jam2
drinks, beverages
嗌嘢食
aai3
je5
sik6
to order food (eat out)
高檔嘢
gou1
dong3
je5
classy stuff; quality goods [colloquial]
玩嘢
waan2
je5
playing tricks; causing trouble
瀨嘢
laai2
je5
(verb) get busted; get caught by the police
奶嘢
naai5
je5
had gotten into trouble or a mess
陰質嘢
jam1
zat1
je5
immoral things that one has done against one's conscience [colloquial]
撻嘢
taat1
je5
to steal something
一嘢
jat1
je5
one hit or strike
大鑊嘢
daai6
wok6
je5
a big mess; a big disaster [colloquial]
整煲傑嘢人嘆
zing2
bou1
git6
je5
jan4
taan3
to make someone really suffer; to give someone a lot of grief [colloquial]
飲嘢
jam2
je5
to drink (something, Cantonese)
曬嘢
saai3
je5
to show off; to boast [colloquial]
一草嘢
jat1
cou2
je5
dollars [colloquial] | ten bucks
來路嘢
loi4
lou6
je5
Imported goods from foreign contries
鼠嘢
syu2
je5
pickpocketing; shoplifting (spoken)
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