Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yě
English
- (Cant.) thing
- (Cantonese) thing
- a suffix added after some colloquial counters for money
- measure word for occurrences, more informal than 下 haa5
- matter; thing; stuff
- matter
- euphemism related to sex, ghosts, etc.
- stuff
- disrespectful metaphor for a person
- suffix to a verb to indicate disdain
粵語
- 加喺部份錢嘅通俗叫法後面嘅後綴
- 用喺即時動作嘅次數，通俗過「下 haa5」
- 作為不特定嘅指稱，用嚟好籠統咁表達一切人類可以諗到想像到，無論有形無形、實質抽象嘅事物或者概念（量詞：樣／味／家）
- 委婉語，借助籠統特性表達，避免直指關於性、鬼等等嘅事物或者概念
- 以物喻人嘅貶稱（量詞：隻）
- 加喺動詞後面，表示對行為嘅不屑
Words containing 嘢
- 一嘢jat1 je5
one hit or strike
- 水嘢seoi2 je5
(noun) bad quality product
- 好嘢hou2 je5
(adjective) great; (noun) good stuff; (interjection) hooray
- 出嘢ceot1 je5
to make something happen, to create something
- 老嘢lou5 je5
old man (impolite term)
- 神嘢san2 je5
strange; broken (spoken)
- 正嘢zeng3 je5
good stuff; quality stuff
- 做嘢zou6 je5
(verb) to do something; to work on; to work
- 講嘢gong2 je5
talking (spoken)
- 流嘢lau4 je5
counterfeit
- 嘢食je5 sik6
the general term to describe food
- 食嘢sik6 je5
to eat
- 收嘢sau1 je5
“take that”
- 皮嘢pei4 je5
(noun) X tens of thousands of dollars (usually prefixed by a number)
- 玩嘢waan2 je5
playing tricks; causing trouble
- 硬嘢ngaang2 je5
something solid
- 領嘢leng5 je5
the situation where an expected
- 買嘢maai5 je5
shopping; to buy stuff
- 搞嘢gaau2 je5
troublemaking
- 軟嘢jyun5 je5
bank notes (as opposed to hard coins); a soft or impotent penis [colloquial]
- 奶嘢laai2 je5
had gotten into trouble or a mess
- 演嘢jin2 je5
showing off
- 嘢飲je5 jam2
drinks, beverages
- 飲嘢jam2 je5
drink something (spoken)