Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- sāi
English
- (Cant.) to waste
- to waste (Cantonese)
- (verb) 1. fail to catch (a change); (adjective) waste;
- to waste; to spend carelessly
- all, entirely
粵語
- 冇意義噉用咗啲時間、錢、資源；浪費
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Words containing 嘥
- 大嘥daai6 saai1
wasteful
- 嘥氣saai1 hei3
(phrasal verb) to do things in vain; to waste someone's efforts for nothing
- 嘥撻saai1 taat1
wasting (spoken)
- 嘥口水saai1 hau2 seoi2
wasting one's effort or words (spoken)
- 嘥心機saai1 sam1 gei1
wasting one's effort
- 嘥腳力saai1 goek3 lik6
to waste energy walking around [colloquial]
- 嘥錢saai1 cin2
waste of money; unnecessary spending
- 鬥嘥dau3 saai1
to slander each other; to compete with each other on wastefulness
- 嘥地方saai1 dei6 fong1
waste of space
- 大嘥鬼daai6 saai1 gwai2
big waster; wasteful person
- 阿嘥文aa6 saai1 man4
loanword from "assignment" in English; assignment (in the context of school)
- 賺嘥氣zaan2 saai1 hei3
a waste of breath; beating a dead horse; futile; pointless
- 白嘥baak6 saai1
- 嘥電saai1 din6
waste of electricity [colloquial]
- 嘥紙saai1 zi2
- 嘥料saai1 liu2
waste good things
- 食得唔好嘥sik6 dak1 m4 hou2 saai1
not wasting what can be taken or eating (spoken)
- 嘥燈賣油saai1 dang1 maai6 jau4
to work hard for nothing
- 嘥聲壞氣saai1 seng1 waai2 hei3
efforts wasted
- 嘥時間saai1 si4 gaan3
time wasting
- 嘥鬼氣saai1 gwai2 hei3
- 嘥氣啦saai1 hei3 laa1
- 嘥氣喇saai1 hei3 laa3
- 食得冇嘥sik6 dak1 mou2 saai1