maai5 beng2買餅买饼
Jyutpingmaai5 beng2
Yalemáaih béng
Definition
To buy cookies, biscuits, or cakes.
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How it's used
While literally meaning to buy biscuits, this phrase is often used as a generic term for picking up light snacks or small food items from a shop. It carries a casual, everyday tone associated with running quick errands for the household. It is frequently used when someone is already heading out and can easily stop by a shop to grab something small.
Examples
When you pass by the convenience store later, pick up some biscuits on your way back.
We are out of snacks at home, I need to go downstairs to buy some biscuits.
Related words
Common phrases
go downstairs to buy biscuits
pick up biscuits while you are at it
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
