米 — Cantonese Dictionary

米

mai6 mai3

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[rice]] money (yjw 1, 15); a cigarette.

Definitions

1 [[rice]] money (yjw 1, 15); a cigarette.
2 leng jaai gwo heui gwaih min maih baau maih faan laih 靚仔去懷米飯嚟 — Kid! Go to the counter and buy me a pack of cigarettes (snch 6, 19).
3 maih dip 米碟 — an ash-tray (restaurant workers' slang).
4 maih faahn baan jyu 米飯班主 — a boss, an employer; someone who supports or takes care of one (yldjh 421, 35).
5 maih gong 米紅 — an ash-tray (restaurant worker jargon, OS).
6 maih tihn gung 米田共 — excrement, "shit" (derived from the three characters that make up the character fan 糞 "excrement").
7 maih wohng 米王 — rice porridge, congee (restaurant worker's slang).