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尾mei5禡ngaa4

simp尾祃
mei5 ngaa4wěi mà

English

  1. Weiya, year-end dinner for employees
  2. Mei-ngaa, the last worship to the earth god on 16/12 of the lunar calendar. Traditionally, businessmen would treat employees to a company dinner on that day, and nowadays this term often refers to the dinner.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指農曆十二月十六,年內最後一次做迓拜土地公嘅儀式;根據傳統,呢日做生意嘅人會請伙記一齊食飯,而家尾禡通常係指呢餐飯。

Examples

  • 今晚公司尾禡大抽獎,頭獎係十萬蚊現金獎喎!

    I heard that the first prize for the lucky draw at today's Mei-ngaa will be $100,000 in cash!

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

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