嘥 (saai1) — wasteful; extravagant in Cantonese
saaiˉ¹嘥Mandarin Pinyin: sai1
Meaning of 嘥
nounwasteful; extravagant
nounmiss; let go; lose (a chance)
nounwaste; squander; ruin
noundebase; vilify; taunt (sb)
Example Sentences with 嘥
janˎ₄人deiˍ₆哋ngaamˉ¹啱ngaamˉ¹啱hokˍ₆學gwongˊ²廣dungˉ¹東waa2,話，faat˗₃發jamˉ¹音mˎ₄唔zeon2,準，neiˏ₅你zauˍ₆就mˎ₄唔houˊ²好saaiˉ¹嘥janˎ₄人laaˉ¹啦。
Her pronunciation is a bit off as she has started learning Cantonese not long ago. You shouldn't tease her.
jatˉ¹一jatˍ₆日zyuˊ²煮zukˉ¹足saamˉ¹三caanˉ¹餐douˉ¹都geiˊ²幾saaiˉ¹嘥siˎ₄時gaan˗₃間。
It is very time-consuming if the three meals of a day are all made by me.
連一秒我都唔可以嘥
I can't waste even a second.
我一秒都唔可以嘥
I can't waste even a second.
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity.
Words Containing 嘥
嘥樣saai1 jaeng1
waste, what a waste, what a pity {Malaysia and Singapore usage}
嘥電saai1 din6
waste of electricity
嘥心機,挨眼瞓saai1 sam1 gei1 ngaai4 ngaan5 fan3
to rack one's brain for nothing; all for naught
嘥錢saai1 cin2
to waste money
嘥時間saai1 si4 gaan3
to waste time
嘥料saai1 liu2
waste or not cherish due to the fact the one doesn't know the value of sth.
嘥撻saai1 taat3
to waste | also simply 嘥
嘥口水saai1 hau2 seoi2
waste saliva trying to convince or persuade sb.
大嘥daai6 saai1
wasteful; extravagant; lavish
嘥聲壞氣saai1 sing1 waai6 hei3
efforts wasted
嘥心機捱眼訓saai1 sam1 gei1 ngaai4 ngaan5 fan3
waste of time and energy [colloquial]
嘥腳力saai1 goek3 lik6
to waste energy walking around [colloquial]
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