[Literization] Not angry
[Meaning] Habitual
Example
I do not read English habitually, I must be failed if there is a unannounced test tomorrow.
我不嬲都唔讀英文; 如果聼日重要突擊測驗, 我一定唔合格啦.
Learn Colloquial Cantonese with local dialects, which you can learn Cantonese language with local colours, with tradtional habits and with local culture.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
麻麻地
[Literization] Surface not smooth
[Meaning] So-So / Be neither good nor bad
Example
A: How about the food?
B: So-so.
A: 啲食品好唔好味呀?
B: 麻麻地啦
[Meaning] So-So / Be neither good nor bad
Example
A: How about the food?
B: So-so.
A: 啲食品好唔好味呀?
B: 麻麻地啦
Thursday, September 30, 2010
蛇王
[Literization] Snake + King
[Meaning] Shirk work
Example
Do you shirk your work? You went to play football during working hours.
你去咗蛇王呀? 番工嘅時間去踢波.
[Synonymy] = 吞POP
[Meaning] Shirk work
Example
Do you shirk your work? You went to play football during working hours.
你去咗蛇王呀? 番工嘅時間去踢波.
[Synonymy] = 吞POP
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
督背脊
[Literization] Pierce the back
[Meaning] Rip up the back
Example
Joe spoke ill to my boss behind of my back, for reporting him of my work shunning.
Joe 喺我老闆面前督我背脊, 話我工作時間蛇王.
[Meaning] Rip up the back
Example
Joe spoke ill to my boss behind of my back, for reporting him of my work shunning.
Joe 喺我老闆面前督我背脊, 話我工作時間蛇王.
Monday, September 27, 2010
是但
[Meaning] Slap together (with roughly and freely)
Example
Mother: What do you want to eat tonight?
Son: Just cook something freely.
Mother: 你今晚想食乜嘢啊?
Son: 是但炒幾味啦.
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是是但但
Example
Mother: What do you want to eat tonight?
Son: Just cook something freely.
Mother: 你今晚想食乜嘢啊?
Son: 是但炒幾味啦.
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是是但但
下扒輕輕
[Literization] The chin is light
[Meaning] Talk through one's hat
Example
Jackie: I can run up to 50th floor within 3 minutes.
Maggie: Don't talk through my hat, let's show me how to do it now.
Jackie: 我唔洗三分鐘就可以跑上五十樓.
Maggie: 你咪下扒輕輕, 你即刻跑上去比我睇吓.
[Synonymy] = 口輕輕
[Meaning] Talk through one's hat
Example
Jackie: I can run up to 50th floor within 3 minutes.
Maggie: Don't talk through my hat, let's show me how to do it now.
Jackie: 我唔洗三分鐘就可以跑上五十樓.
Maggie: 你咪下扒輕輕, 你即刻跑上去比我睇吓.
[Synonymy] = 口輕輕
Sunday, September 26, 2010
去搵周公
[Literization] Go to look for Duke Dzau.
[Meaning] Go to sleep
Example
I am so tired today, and will go to sleep soon.
我今日好眼瞓, 一陣要去搵周公.
[Meaning] Go to sleep
Example
I am so tired today, and will go to sleep soon.
我今日好眼瞓, 一陣要去搵周公.
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