粵

皮pei4嘢je5

pei4 je5pí yě

English

  1. (noun) X tens of thousands of dollars (usually prefixed by a number)
  2. ten grands; ten thousands dollars

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 皮;一萬蚊

Examples

  • 湯姆買六合彩贏咗一皮嘢。

    Tom won $10,000 in the lottery.

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  • 幾皮嘢

    thirty to ninety grands

  • 呢件衫成皮嘢。

    This piece of clothing costs almost ten grand.

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

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