粵

迷mai4信seon3

mai4 seon3mí xìn

English

  1. superstition
  2. to be superstitious; to believe in superstitions; to have thoughts based on or belief in superstitions
  3. to have a superstitious belief (in sth)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 相信一啲被認為唔理性、唔科學嘅嘢

Examples

  • 佢好迷信星座。

    He blindly believes in astrology.

  • 佢間公司嘅老闆好迷信,特登請咗個風水師傅幫個新辦公室睇風水。

    The boss of his company is a very superstitious person. They hired a Feng Shui master to advise on the Feng Shui of the new office.

  • 這種荒謬的迷信已不復存在了。

    Such a ridiculous superstition no longer exists.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 宗教不過是有組織的迷信加上一本暢銷書。

    Religion is just organised superstition with a bestseller.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 现在的老师么,非常迷信考试,据说今天又要考试啦。

    Teachers nowadays are super into testing. It seems that there's another test today.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 迷信之所以存在,是因為人無法接受巧合只是巧合而已。

    Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

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

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