粵

咪mai5住zyu6

mai5 zyu6mai5 zi6mī zhù

English

  1. hold on; hold it (spoken)
  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,我蒞緊!

    Hold on, I'm coming!

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  • 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.

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

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