埋櫃 (maai4 gwai6) — calculate all the profit and balance af… in Cantonese

maaiˎ₄埋gwaiˍ₆櫃

简埋柜

Mandarin Pinyin: mai2 gui4

Meaning of 埋櫃

nouncalculate all the profit and balance after a day of work [refers to when a store closes at night]

diˉ¹啲cinˎ₄錢fong˗₃放zoˊ²咗japˍ₆入maaiˎ₄埋gwai6.櫃。

The money has been put into the cabinet.

keoiˏ₅佢zapˉ¹執maaiˎ₄埋gwaiˍ₆櫃diˉ¹啲je5.嘢。

He tidied up the things in the cabinet.

bunˊ²本syuˉ¹書haiˊ²喺binˉ¹邊go˗₃個maaiˎ₄埋gwai6?櫃？

Which cabinet is the book in?

ngoˏ₅我cyuˊ²儲maaiˎ₄埋gwaiˍ₆櫃diˉ¹啲gauˍ₆舊saam1.衫。

I store my old clothes in the cabinet.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好lyunˍ₆亂sakˉ¹塞maaiˎ₄埋gwai6.櫃。

Don't stuff things randomly into the cabinet.

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