粵

行haang4街gaai1

haang4 gaai1xíng jiē

English

  1. (verb) to go out (to town); to go shopping; to walk around (in town); to take away (food)
  2. to stroll around or to go shopping / window shopping as a leisurely activity; literally 'to walk on the street'
  3. salesperson who goes from place to place to promote company products and look for customers
  4. takeaway; to go

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺條街上面或者商場入面周圍行、買嘢或者睇吓有冇嘢買
  2. 職位;負責四出推銷商品嘅職員(量詞:個)
  3. 外賣

Examples

  • 阿媽去咗行街。

    Mother has gone shopping.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 唔該雲吞麪行街!

    Wonton noodles to go, please.

  • 得閒一齊去行街吖!

    When you have time, let's go shopping together!

  • 做行街係靠把口推銷嘅。

    A salesperson needs to have (good) communication skills to promote (his company's products).

  • 次次都係行街睇戲食飯,你唔悶我都悶啦。

    Every time we see each other, it's either shopping or eating or watching movies. I don't know about you, but it really bores me. ----

  • 阿 John 問阿 Mary 晏晝一唔一齊去行街。

    John asked Mary whether she would like to go shopping in the afternoon.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我要去行街啦,一個鐘之後就返嚟架啦。

    Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

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

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