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青苗 (cing1 miu4) — Cantonese word

cingˉ¹青miuˎ₄苗
Mandarin Pinyin: qing1 miao2

Meaning of 青苗

Example Sentences with 青苗

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想maaiˏ₅買cingˉ¹青miu4.苗。
I want to buy seedlings.
keoiˏ₅佢maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗houˊ²好doˉ¹多cingˉ¹青miu4.苗。
He/She bought a lot of seedlings.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有dakˉ¹得maaiˏ₅賣cingˉ¹青miu4.苗。
Seedlings are available for sale here.
maaiˏ₅買cingˉ¹青miuˎ₄苗jiu˗₃要can˗₃趁zou2.早。
It's best to buy seedlings early.
neiˊ²你maaiˏ₅買binˉ¹邊zungˊ²種cingˉ¹青miu4?苗？
Which kind of seedlings are you buying?
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Characters in 青苗

青ceng1
sth green, e.g. crops, grass
苗miu4
Miao ethnic group

Words Containing 青苗

買青苗maai5 ceng1 miu4
to profiteer; to exploit and take advantage of those in difficult circumstances / suffering from hardship in order to gain benefits by unfair means, usually to describe profiteers who take advantage of farmers during hard times to prepay for future crops from them at an unreasonably low price, which is effectively loan sharking in disguise

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