ming4 / ming5 / mang4嫇

Jyutpingming4 / ming5 / mang4

Yalemìhng / míhng / màhng

Definition

Young wives.

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How it's used

This term is extremely rare in modern spoken Cantonese and is largely considered a literary or archaic reference to a young woman who has recently married. Most native speakers would not use this in daily conversation and would instead opt for more common terms like 新抱 or 後生女 depending on the specific context. It is essentially absent from contemporary urban vernacular.

Measure word

go3個go

Examples

go2嗰wai2位嫇hou2好hau6後saang1生aa1呀。

That young wife is very young.

nei5你gin3見gwo3過go2嗰gei2幾go3個嫇mei6未aa1呀？

Have you seen those few young wives yet?

Common phrases

nin4年hing1輕嫇

young wife

Common mistake

Learners should avoid using this in casual conversation as it sounds highly unnatural and potentially pretentious or confusing to local speakers. It is not a standard term for wife or young woman in modern Hong Kong.