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Jyutping aa3 ming4
Pinyin ā míng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Al-Amin
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Malaysia-Hokkien, Singapore, derogatory, slang
    A young ethnic Chinese man, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.
    (syn.) 阿蓮, 阿莲, 阿花, 阿成
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我成大半个月冇见过阿明喇。
    我成大半個月冇見過阿明喇。
    ngo5 seng4 daai6 bun3 go3 jyut6 mou5 gin3 gwo3 aa3 ming4 laa3.
    • I haven't seen Ming for the best part of a month.
  2. Cantonese
    阿明呢段时间都冇声冇气,唔讲我仲以为佢今晚唔嚟。
    阿明呢段時間都冇聲冇氣,唔講我仲以為佢今晚唔嚟。
    aa3 ming4 ni1 dyun6 si4 gaan3 dou1 mou5 seng1 mou5 hei3, m4 gong2 ngo5 zung6 ji5 wai4 keoi5 gam1 maan1 m4 lai4.
    • I haven't heard from Ah Ming for a while, so I thought he wasn't coming tonight if you didn't tell me.
  3. Cantonese
    阿明做开运动,身体好健康。
    阿明做開運動,身體好健康。
    aa3 ming4 zou6 hoi1 wan6 dung6, san1 tai2 hou2 gin6 hong1.
    • Ah Ming is used to doing exercise and has a healthy body.
  4. Cantonese
    你同阿明咁夹得埋,唔做情侣都做个朋友吖。
    你同阿明咁夾得埋,唔做情侶都做個朋友吖。
    nei5 tung4 aa3 ming4 gam3 gaap3 dak1 maai4, m4 zou6 cing4 leoi5 dou1 zou6 go3 pang4 jau5 aa1.
    • You get along so well with Ah Ming. Why don't you become friends, if not lovers?
  5. Cantonese
    阿明系我嘅人生导师,教识咗我好多嘢。
    阿明係我嘅人生導師,教識咗我好多嘢。
    aa3 ming4 hai6 ngo5 ge3 jan4 sang1 dou6 si1, gaau3 sik1 zo2 ngo5 hou2 do1 je5.
    • Ah Ming is my life tutor, he teaches me lots of things.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    阿明一听到话佢老婆生得,就抌低嗮手头上所有嘅嘢,即刻去医院。
    阿明一听到话佢老婆生得,就抌低嗮手头上所有嘅嘢,即刻去医院。
    aa3 ming4 jat1 teng1 dou2 waa6 keoi5 lou5 po4 saang1 dak1, zau6 dam2 dai1 saai3 sau2 tau4 soeng6 so2 jau5 ge3 je5, zik1 haak1 heoi3 ji1 jyun2.
    • When Ming heard his wife is about to be in labour, he put down all the things he had to do and immediately went to the hospital.