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? asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 7 years ago

Does anyone here speak Cantonese? If so, is "ming toy" or "ming toi" a Cantonese word? And if it is, what does it mean?

One website said it means "hurry up", but it never said what language it is. Is it Cantonese? If so, does it mean "hurry up"? If not, what language is it and what does it mean?

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  • 7 years ago
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    The pronunciation/spelling is Cantonese, but it's hard to tell what it might mean. Example: 明彩 Cantonese: Ming Toy; Mandarin: Ming Cai] clear colors. Sometimes used as a name of a restaurant. I don't know any characters pronounced Ming Toy that would mean 'to hurry', but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

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