咪係 (mai6 hai6/hai2) — (v) to be in Cantonese

maiˍ₆咪hai6/hai2係

简咪系

Mandarin Pinyin: mi1 xi4

Meaning of 咪係

noun(v) to be

noun(rhetorical) /mai6 hai62/ "Isn't that so?"; "Didn't I say so?"; "I told you so!"; "That's precisely my point!" | Std. Chin.: 難道不是嗎

noun(adv) quite right; exactly; precisely | Syn.: 就係 | Std. Chin.: 就是

nounto be; that's right; isn't it like that

niˉ¹呢go˗₃個maiˉ¹咪haiˍ₆係houˊ²好kau4?逑？

Isn't this the perfect match?

neiˏ₅你tai2,睇，maiˉ¹咪haiˍ₆係lo1!囉！

Look, isn't that right!

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好lyunˍ₆亂gongˊ²講je5,嘢，maiˉ¹咪haiˍ₆係gam3.咁。

Don't talk nonsense, it's not like that.

soeng˗₃上ci˗₃次maiˉ¹咪haiˍ₆係janˉ¹殷gaam˗₃鑑batˉ¹不jyun5?遠？

Wasn't last time a clear lesson?

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