粵

猜caai1嘢je5

caai1 je5caa1 je5cāi yě

English

  1. thousand dollars
  2. bucks [colloquial]
  3. thousand dollars; preceded by numerals 1-9 or 半 bun3 (a half)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 千蚊；前面配數詞一至到九，或者半

Examples

  • 半叉嘢

    $500

  • 叉半嘢

    $1500

  • 成叉嘢

    nearly $1000

  • 五叉嘢

    $5000

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

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