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外賣

简 外卖 · 繁 外賣
Mandarin · pinyin wài mài

Meanings

  1. (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
  2. takeout (business)
  3. takeout (meal)
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
賣
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卖
mài · sell; betray; show off
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4–4 · wai4 mai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngoi6 maai6

Cantonese word readings for 外賣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ngoi6 maai6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) carryout; food delivery; food to go; takeout

verb

  1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) to provide food to go or a food delivery service

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