嘢:je5
(pos:名詞)
<explanation>
yue:作為不特定嘅指稱，用嚟好籠統咁表達一切人類可以諗到想像到，無論有形無形、實質抽象嘅事物或者概念（量詞：樣／味／家）
eng:matter; thing; stuff
<eg>
yue:做乜嘢啊？ (zou6 mat1 je5 aa3?)
eng:What's the matter?
<eg>
yue:冇嘢。 (mou5 je5.)
eng:Nothing.
<eg>
yue:呢啲係好嘢嚟㗎！ (ni1 di1 hai6 hou2 je5 lai4 gaa3!)
eng:This stuff is really good!
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<explanation>
yue:委婉語，借助籠統特性表達，避免直指關於#性、#鬼 等等嘅事物或者概念
eng:euphemism related to sex, ghosts, etc.
<eg>
yue:#扑嘢 (bok1 je5)
eng:to shag; to make love
<eg>
yue:#搞嘢 (gaau2 je5)
eng:to make love; to go to bed
<eg>
yue:#take嘢 (tik1 je5)
eng:to take drugs
<eg>
yue:#嗰啲嘢 (go2 di1 je5)
eng:(euphemism) ghosts; literally: those things
<eg>
yue:#污糟嘢 (wu1 zou1 je5)
eng:ghost; spirit; literally: dirty stuff
<eg>
yue:#啪嘢 (paak1 je5)
eng:to take drugs
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<explanation>
yue:以物喻人嘅貶稱（量詞：隻）
eng:disrespectful metaphor for a person
<eg>
yue:#衰嘢 (seoi1 je5)
eng:you brat
<eg>
yue:#死嘢 (sei2 je5)
eng:you rascal
嘢:je5
(pos:量詞)(sim:次)
<explanation>
yue:用喺即時動作嘅次數，通俗過「#下 haa5」
eng:measure word for occurrences, more informal than #下 haa5
<eg>
yue:我俾人打咗六七嘢。 (ngo5 bei2 jan4 daa2 zo2 luk6 cat1 je5.)
eng:I was hit six or seven times.
<eg>
yue:幫我膊頭捻幾嘢吖。 (bong1 ngo5 bok3 tau4 nin2 gei2 je5 aa1.)
eng:Can you give my shoulders a few squeezes?
<eg>
yue:係噉意撩兩嘢就交貨？ (hai6 gam2 ji2 liu2 loeng5 je5 zau6 gaau1 fo3?)
eng:You are submitting your work with these random scribbles?
嘢:je5
(pos:詞綴)
<explanation>
yue:加喺部份錢嘅通俗叫法後面嘅後綴
eng:a suffix added after some colloquial counters for money
<eg>
yue:#皮 幾嘢 (pei4 gei2 je5)
eng:over ten grands
<eg>
yue:三四皮嘢 (saam1 sei3 pei4 je5)
eng:thirty, forty grands
<eg>
yue:兩#草 嘢 (loeng5 cou2 je5)
eng:twenty bucks
<eg>
yue:半#雞 嘢 (bun3 gai1 je5)
eng:$5000
