Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cǎi
English
- (Cant.) an interjection used to berate someone
- (used to drive away bad luck, esp. when the speaker hears sth inauspicious) similar to the use of "touch wood" but said by another person
粵語
- 講咗唔吉利嘅嘢之後用該字，以表示唔吉利的東西唔會靈驗
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Words containing 啋
- 啋過你coi1 gwo3 nei5
a slang to say: "There is no way your negative prediction (normally) will happen, touch wood"; an exclamation to something inappropriate or negative
- 啋過你把口coi1 gwo3 nei5 baa2 hau2
shut your bad mouth of unflattering, inappropriate or unlucky words
- 廢事啋你fai3 si6 coi2 nei5
can't be bother with you ; don't want to waste time on you [colloquial]
- 廢時啋你fai3 si6 coi2 nei5
can't be bother with you ; don't want to waste time on you [colloquial]
- 啋過你把衰口coi1 gwo3 nei5 baa2 seoi1 hau2
shut your bad mouth, which is an interjection to react against something bad that was spoken by another person