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做
手
信
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Jyutping
zou6 sau2 seon3
Pinyin
zuò shǒu xìn
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
to make souvenir gift
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
做禮物 – 做礼物
送人
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
Cantonese
你买咗啲咩做手信呀?
你買咗啲咩做手信呀?
nei5 maai5 zo2 di1 me1 zou6 sau2 seon3 aa3 ?
What souvenirs did you buy?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
我谂到买咩做手信喇。
我諗到買咩做手信喇。
ngo5 nam2 dou2 maai5 me1 zou6 sau2 seon3 laa3.
I've thought of what I should buy for souvenirs.
Cantonese
旅行买啲特产做手信最好。
旅行買啲特產做手信最好。
leoi5 hang4 maai5 di1 dak6 caan2 zou6 sau2 seon3 zeoi3 hou2.
Special local products are the best souvenirs to be bought when you are travelling.
Cantonese
元朗老婆饼好出名架,好多游客嚟香港都会买返去做手信。
元朗老婆餅好出名架,好多遊客嚟香港都會買返去做手信。
The "Wife Cake" from Yuen Long is very famous, many tourists would buy them as gifts when they visit Hong Kong.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
冠陇亲情——柚来(又来)。潮语:亲情就是亲戚。冠陇,是潮州澄海县的一个乡村,大概以前是出产柚的缘故,所以冠陇人到他乡的亲戚家,多数带柚做手信,冠陇亲戚和柚自然而然的连结在一起,冠陇亲戚一来到,柚也就来了。「柚来」和「又来」同音,凡一个人去了又来,人们便会说出这一句来开玩笑。
冠隴親情——柚來(又來)。潮語:親情就是親戚。冠隴,是潮州澄海縣的一個鄉村,大概以前是出產柚的緣故,所以冠隴人到他鄉的親戚家,多數帶柚做手信,冠隴親戚和柚自然而然的連結在一起,冠隴親戚一來到,柚也就來了。「柚來」和「又來」同音,凡一個人去了又來,人們便會說出這一句來開玩笑。
guàn lǒng qīn qíng — yòu lái ( yòu lái ) . cháo yǔ : qīn qíng jiù shì qīn qī . guàn lǒng , shì cháo zhōu chéng hǎi xiàn de yī ge xiāng cūn , dà gài yǐ qián shì chū chǎn yòu de yuán gù , suǒ yǐ guàn lǒng rén dào tā xiāng de qīn qī jiā , duō shù dài yòu zuò shǒu xìn , guàn lǒng qīn qī hé yòu zìránérrán de lián jié zài yī qǐ , guàn lǒng qīn qī yī lái dào , yòu yě jiù lái le . “ yòu lái ” hé “ yòu lái ” tóng yīn , fán yī ge rén qù le yòu lái , rén men biàn huì shuō chū zhè yī jù lái kāi wán xiào .
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