粵

下haa6面min6

haa6 min6xià miàn

English

  1. below
  2. below; under
  3. under
  4. subordinates in a company or organisation
  5. next
  6. euphemism for the genitals
  7. the following
  8. also pr. [xia4 mian5]

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 位置低啲嘅地方
  2. 公司或者組織入面,低級過自己嘅員工
  3. 下體嘅委婉講法

Examples

  • 我下面有啲痛呀。

    It hurts a bit down there (=my genital).

  • 張枱下面有粒蘋果。

    There is an apple under the desk.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 張牀下面有好多垃圾。

    There is a lot of rubbish under the bed.

  • 隻橙碌咗去張凳下便。

    The orange rolled to a stop under the chair. ----

  • 今次凍薪下面好唔妥。

    The staff are very unhappy with this round of salary freeze. ----

  • 嗰啲錢收埋咗喺地板下面。

    The money was hidden beneath the floorboards.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 阿Tom坐咗喺棵樹下面飲葡萄酒。

    Tom was sitting under a tree, drinking wine.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 隻貓喺張凳上面,定係喺張凳下面呀?

    Is the cat on the chair or under the chair?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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