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From: acli@byron.net4.io.org (Ambrose Li Cheuk-wing)
Subject: Re: Cantonese: how to say "quiet"?
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 17:27:22 GMT
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On 16 Mar 1996 07:35:44 GMT, in article <4idr0g$n5t@netaxs.com>, Wing Luk <wingluk@netaxs.com> wrote:
>The cantonese for night is "ye", again, exactly like its
>mandarin equivalent. But the colloquial cantonese for night is "ye wan", 
                                                                    ^
Should this be "ye man"?

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