挽鞋 (waan5 haai4) — verb; literally: carry the shoe; Metaph… in Cantonese

waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋

Mandarin Pinyin: wan3 xie2

Meaning of 挽鞋

nounverb; literally: carry the shoe; Metaphor, look down on someone; or, to serve someone

keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋

He really likes to polish shoes.

waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fuˊ²苦

Polishing shoes is tiring.

bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋sinˉ¹先

Help me polish my shoes first.

ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔sikˉ¹識waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋

I don't know how to polish shoes.

gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日jiu˗₃要waanˏ₅挽haaiˎ₄鞋

Need to polish shoes today.

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