"hea" meaning in Chinese

See hea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hɛː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Lau (2014) suggests influence from a northern Sunwui dialect, where /pʰ/ in pea is reduced to /h/. Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} hea, {{tlb|zh|Cantonese}} (Cantonese)
  1. slack; casual; perfunctory; without or with little care or effort Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-adj-fw6DGRKn
  2. slack; undemanding; with little workload Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-adj-K-F5swGT Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 17 24 6 8 18

Adverb

IPA: /hɛː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Lau (2014) suggests influence from a northern Sunwui dialect, where /pʰ/ in pea is reduced to /h/. Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} hea, {{tlb|zh|Cantonese}} (Cantonese)
  1. without or with little care or effort; perfunctorily; indifferently; negligently Tags: Cantonese Related terms: pea, 呢hea
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-adv-LAUS1lkE Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 17 24 6 8 18

Verb

IPA: /hɛː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Lau (2014) suggests influence from a northern Sunwui dialect, where /pʰ/ in pea is reduced to /h/. Head templates: {{zh-verb}} hea, {{tlb|zh|Cantonese}} (Cantonese)
  1. to kill time; to hang around Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-verb-FirSbhCI Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 17 24 6 8 18 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 4 20 16 29 7 9 15
  2. to do something without putting much care or effort into it Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-verb-jOEewRmB
  3. to go through the motions; to give a carefree response; to beat around the bush; to treat someone lightly Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-verb-M5i~Gg5Y
  4. to place things casually; to disperse (with an outward motion) Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-hea-zh-verb-tpHrzzFL Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 17 24 6 8 18

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "faan¹ uk¹ kei² he³ haa⁵ sin¹.",
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          "text": "返屋企hea下先。",
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          "english": "hanging with friends until dawn",
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          "ref": "1997, “遊戲”, in 黃貫中 (lyrics), 請將手放開, performed by BEYOND [Beyond]:",
          "roman": "gan¹ baan¹ fen¹ he³ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹",
          "tags": [
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      ],
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          "give"
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        [
          "treat",
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          "roman": "he³ pei⁵",
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          "roman": "di¹ je⁵ m⁴ hou² he³ saai³ hai² dou⁶.",
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          "english": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
          "ref": " 2016, 【神同步】你哋受埋我玩啦喵!, TV Most https://www.tvmost.com.hk/201612071632_article_cat",
          "roman": "naam⁴ tung⁴ hok⁶ gin³ go³ go³ dou¹ m⁴ sip³ seot¹ saam¹, zi⁶ gei² mai¹ jau⁶ he³ saai³ ceot¹ lei⁴ lo¹.",
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          "text": "男同學見個個都唔攝恤衫,自己咪又hea晒出嚟囉。",
          "translation": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
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          "ref": " 2016, 【神同步】你哋受埋我玩啦喵!, TV Most https://www.tvmost.com.hk/201612071632_article_cat",
          "roman": "naam⁴ tung⁴ hok⁶ gin³ go³ go³ dou¹ m⁴ sip³ seot¹ saam¹, zi⁶ gei² mai¹ jau⁶ he³ saai³ ceot¹ lei⁴ lo¹.",
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          "text": "男同学见个个都唔摄恤衫,自己咪又hea晒出嚟啰。",
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          "roman": "faan¹ uk¹ kei² he³ haa⁵ sin¹.",
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          "roman": "he³ pei⁵",
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          "roman": "di¹ je⁵ m⁴ hou² he³ saai³ hai² dou⁶.",
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          "english": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
          "ref": " 2016, 【神同步】你哋受埋我玩啦喵!, TV Most https://www.tvmost.com.hk/201612071632_article_cat",
          "roman": "naam⁴ tung⁴ hok⁶ gin³ go³ go³ dou¹ m⁴ sip³ seot¹ saam¹, zi⁶ gei² mai¹ jau⁶ he³ saai³ ceot¹ lei⁴ lo¹.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "男同學見個個都唔攝恤衫,自己咪又hea晒出嚟囉。",
          "translation": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              75,
              78
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              94,
              109
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
          "ref": " 2016, 【神同步】你哋受埋我玩啦喵!, TV Most https://www.tvmost.com.hk/201612071632_article_cat",
          "roman": "naam⁴ tung⁴ hok⁶ gin³ go³ go³ dou¹ m⁴ sip³ seot¹ saam¹, zi⁶ gei² mai¹ jau⁶ he³ saai³ ceot¹ lei⁴ lo¹.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "男同学见个个都唔摄恤衫,自己咪又hea晒出嚟啰。",
          "translation": "Male students finds that everyone is not tucking in their shirts, and so one follows suit and casually leaves his shirt to be on the outside [and not tucked in]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to place things casually; to disperse (with an outward motion)"
      ],
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        ],
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          "casually",
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        ],
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          "disperse",
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      ]
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}

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