蚊 — Cantonese Dictionary

蚊

man3 mai3

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[a mosquito]]

Definitions

1 [[a mosquito]]
2 man mai 蚊 — a dollar; ten thousand, ten thousand dollars (OS).
3 man bei tuhng ngauh bei mai 蚊脾牛脾 — no comparison, one of two things being compared is far superior or stronger to the second (yjw 1, 16).
4 man dou fan 蚊都瞓 — even the mosquitoes are asleep] too late.
5 ko dak laih man dou fan laai 叫得嚟蚊都瞓啦 — If you call him to come will be too late! (snch 21, 18).
6 man faahn 蚊飯 — blood (gwjw 54, 24).
7 man fan 蚊瞓 — too late.
8 man gai 蚊雞 — one dollar.
9 man jai daan 蚊仔單 — monthly insurance fee (insurance agents' jargon, OS).
10 man jeung 蚊帳 — lantern (OS).
11 man yeh 蚊嘢 — ten thousand dollars.