妹仔 (mui1 zai2) — a slave servant girl in Cantonese
muiˉ¹妹zaiˊ²仔Mandarin Pinyin: mei4 zai3
Meaning of 妹仔
nouna slave servant girl
nouna girl
noun(n. / appellation) (a dated term) a young housemaid; a servant girl; a young girl.
Example Sentences with 妹仔
go˗₃個muiˍ₆妹zaiˊ²仔houˊ²好gwaaiˉ¹乖
The little girl is very well-behaved.
giu˗₃叫sengˉ¹聲muiˍ₆妹zaiˊ²仔
Call her 'little sister'.
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係ngoˏ₅我muiˍ₆妹zaiˊ²仔
She is my younger sister.
go˗₃個muiˍ₆妹zaiˊ²仔zauˊ²走zoˊ²咗
The little girl has left.
muiˍ₆妹zaiˊ²仔soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食tongˎ₄糖
The little girl wants to eat candy.
Characters in 妹仔
Words Containing 妹仔
妹妹仔mui4 mui1 zai2
girl, Miss
妹仔大過主人婆mui1 zai2 daai6 gwo3 zyu2 jan4/2 po4
to have one's priorities wrong (lit., "a maidservant is more imporant than one's mistress"); to treat a minor issue as a major one and vice-versa
妹仔丁mui1 zai2 deng1
a young maid
靚妹仔leng1 mui1 zai2
０靚妹仔leng1 mui1 zai2
a young girl [colloquial]
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