粵

咪mai5自zi6

mai5 zi6mī zì

English

  1. a similar pronunciation of 咪住, which means stop, hold a second
  2. plea for another party to pause what they are doing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 叫對方暫停本身做緊嘅嘢

Examples

  • 咪住先。

    Hold on.

  • 咪住!等埋我先!

    Stop! Wait for me!

  • 咪自,等我諗下先。

    Wait. Let me think about it first.

  • 咪住先,呢度有啲問題。

    Hold on, there are some problems.

  • 你唔可以成日由感覺開始去判斷一個表情聽落係咪自然。 好多時,一個表情會覺得唔自然,只係因為你缺乏經驗。

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

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