(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:藏入地下,用沙泥冚住;睇埋#壅
eng:to bury something with sand or soil; to dispose of underground
<eg>
yue:#埋葬 (maai4 zong3)
eng:to bury
eng:I buried the body in the slope over there, that's all I know, I swear.
<eg>
yue:啲狗識得掘窿埋好啲骨頭遲啲食。 (di1 gau2 sik1 dak1 gwat6 lung1 maai4 hou2 di1 gwat1 tau4 ci4 di1 sik6.)
eng:Dogs bury bones in the ground to enjoy them later.
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<explanation>
yue:收起一樣嘢
eng:to hide
<eg>
yue:#埋藏 (maai4 cong4)
eng:to conceal
<eg>
yue:喂,阿Sir啤緊你呀。醒水少少,快啲收埋本漫畫啦。 (wai3, aa3 soe4 be1 gan2 nei5 aa3. sing2 seoi2 siu2 siu2, faai3 di1 sau1 maai4 bun2 maan6 waa2 laa1.)
eng:Psst, the teacher has been staring at you the whole time. Please put that comic away already.
<eg>
yue:唔好收收埋埋喇,一定又識咗女仔啦。 (m4 hou2 sau1 sau1 maai4 maai4 laa3, jat1 ding6 jau6 sik1 zo2 neoi5 zai2 laa1.)
eng:Don't hide anything. You definitely have a new girl.
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<explanation>
yue:閉合;關閉
eng:to shut; to close; to join; to stitch two parts together
<eg>
yue:#埋尾 (maai4 mei5)
eng:to finish something off
<eg>
yue:我要瞓喇,順手同我閂埋道門。 (ngo5 jiu3 fan3 laa3, seon6 sau2 tung4 ngo5 saan1 maai4 dou6 mun4.)
eng:I am hitting the hay now, can you do me a favor and close the door for me?
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yue:唔准講嘢,合埋把口。 (m4 zeon2 gong2 je5, hap6 maai4 baa2 hau2.)
eng:Shut your mouth. No talking.
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yue:你做完手術個肚都仲未#埋口,好心就唔好走嚟走去啦。 (nei5 zou6 jyun4 sau2 seot6 go3 tou5 dou1 zung6 mei6 maai4 hau2, hou2 sam1 zau6 m4 hou2 zau2 lei4 zau2 heoi3 laa1.)
eng:Please do yourself a favor and stay in bed. Your surgical wound hasn't fully healed yet.
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<explanation>
yue:靠近;接近
eng:to come close; to approach; to shorten the distance between
<eg>
yue:#埋岸 (maai4 ngon6)
eng:to come close to shore
<eg>
yue:傾得埋 (king1 dak1 maai4)
eng:to get along well with (someone)
<eg>
yue:等咗成半粒鐘先見到架巴士#埋站,你話係咪離譜吖? (dang2 zo2 seng4 bun3 nap1 zung1 sin1 gin3 dou2 gaa3 baa1 si2 maai4 zaam6, nei5 waa6 hai6 mai6 lei4 pou2 aa1?)
eng:Don't you think it is absolutely absurd to have to wait half an hour for a bus?
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yue:唔好埋嚟,你成身都係汗。 (m4 hou2 maai4 lei4, nei5 seng4 san1 dou1 hai6 hon6.)
eng:Don't get too close. You are sweating all over.
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yue:你咪再行埋嚟呀,我叫㗎! (nei5 mai5 zoi3 haang4 maai4 lei4 aa3, ngo5 giu3 gaa3!)
eng:If you come an inch closer, I will scream for help.
<eg>
yue:套電影嗰啲打鬥場面全部都係埋身肉搏,你都咪話唔精彩。 (tou3 din6 jing2 go2 di1 daa2 dau3 coeng4 min2 cyun4 bou6 dou1 hai6 maai4 san1 juk6 bok3, nei5 dou1 mai5 waa6 m4 zing1 coi2.)
eng:All the fighting scenes in this movie are close quarters. I love it.
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<explanation>
yue:結算嘅時候加晒啲數
eng:to add up
<eg>
yue:佢話要男女平等,餐餐食飯張單咪又係我埋。 (keoi5 waa6 jiu3 naam4 neoi5 ping4 dang2, caan1 caan1 sik6 faan6 zoeng1 daan1 mai6 jau6 hai6 ngo5 maai4.)
eng:She demands to be treated fairly, yet insists I pay the bill every single time.
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yue:埋好條數咪知賺幾多囉。 (maai4 hou2 tiu4 sou3 mai6 zi1 zaan6 gei2 do1 lo1.)
eng:We'll know how much we earn after I work out the calculation.
(pos:詞綴)
<explanation>
yue:用於動詞後,表達包括、連帶嘅意思
eng:used after a verb to express a sense of inclusion and addition
<eg>
yue:你買餸嗰陣,記得順手幫我去郵局交埋水電單。 (nei5 maai5 sung3 go2 zan2, gei3 dak1 seon6 sau2 bong1 ngo5 heoi3 jau4 guk2 gaau1 maai4 seoi2 din6 daan1.)
eng:When you are out for groceries, remember to pay the utility bills at the post office on your way back as well.
<eg>
yue:我同埋你一齊去釣魚。 (ngo5 tung4 maai4 nei5 jat1 cai4 heoi3 diu3 jyu2.)
eng:I will come along with the fishing trip.
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yue:我真係勢估唔到而家書店連奶粉都賣埋。 (ngo5 zan1 hai6 sai3 gu2 m4 dou3 ji4 gaa1 syu1 dim3 lin4 naai5 fan2 dou1 maai6 maai4.)
eng:I could never have thought that even powdered milk is available in a bookshop nowadays.
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yue:我塊餅畀埋你啦。 (ngo5 faai3 beng2 bei2 maai4 nei5 laa1.)
eng:Here, have my cookie as well.
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yue:佢畀人隊冧埋? (keoi5 bei2 jan4 deoi2 lam3 maai4?)
eng:He was murdered too?
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<explanation>
yue:將一個進行中嘅動作延續,直至完成為止
eng:to express continuation until the completion of an ongoing action
<eg>
yue:我打埋呢鋪機就出來食飯。 (ngo5 daa2 maai4 ni1 pou1 gei1 zau6 ceot1 lai4 sik6 faan6.)
eng:I will have dinner as soon as I finish this round of the game.
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yue:我講埋呢句,之後先到你。 (ngo5 gong2 maai4 ni1 geoi3, zi1 hau6 sin1 dou3 nei5.)
eng:You will have your chance to speak after I have finished my sentence.
<eg>
yue:做埋份功課就走得。 (zou6 maai4 fan6 gung1 fo3 zau6 zau2 dak1.)
eng:I can leave after finishing the assignment.
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<explanation>
yue:帶出負面嘅意思
eng:to indicate disapproval
<eg>
yue:佢成日做埋啲噉嘅嘢,遲早有報應㗎! (keoi5 seng4 jat6 zou6 maai4 di1 gam2 ge3 je5, ci4 zou2 jau5 bou3 jing3 gaa3!)
eng:He'll definitely reap his own punishment for doing all those (bad) things!
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yue:佢成日群埋啲賭徒,最後輸晒啲錢。 (keoi5 seng4 jat6 kwan4 maai4 di1 dou2 tou4, zeoi3 hau6 syu1 saai3 di1 cin2.)
eng:He keeps hanging out with those gamblers, and eventually lost all his money.
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yue:食埋啲噉嘅垃圾食物唔健康㗎! (sik6 maai4 di1 gam2 ge3 laap6 saap3 sik6 mat6 m4 gin6 hong1 gaa3!)
eng:Eating so much junk food is bad for your health!
(pos:形容詞)
<explanation>
yue:#親密
eng:intimate; spiritually close
<eg>
yue:佢哋行得好埋喎,係咪男女朋友啊? (keoi5 dei6 haang4 dak1 hou2 maai4 wo3, hai6 mai6 naam4 neoi5 pang4 jau5 aa3?)
eng:They are so close. Are they a couple?