埋手 (maai4 sau2) — start, put one's hand to, set about in Cantonese

maaiˎ₄埋sauˊ²手

Mandarin Pinyin: mai2 shou3

Meaning of 埋手

nounstart, put one's hand to, set about

noun(slang) to approach; to get into; to tap into; start; set about (often to do bad things to something)

faai˗₃快diˉ¹啲maaiˎ₄埋sauˊ²手zouˍ₆做jeˏ₅嘢laa1!啦！

Hurry up and get to work!

ngoˏ₅我meiˍ₆未maaiˎ₄埋sauˊ²手zyuˊ²煮faan6.飯。

I haven't started cooking yet.

keoiˏ₅佢jatˉ¹一maaiˎ₄埋sauˊ²手zauˍ₆就mˎ₄唔ting4.停。

As soon as they start, they don't stop.

neiˏ₅你geiˊ²幾siˎ₄時maaiˎ₄埋sau2?手？

When will you start?

jatˉ¹一caiˎ₄齊maaiˎ₄埋sauˊ²手bongˉ¹幫sau2.手。

Let's all get started and help.

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