灰機
fui1 gei1huī jīinferred
English
- feeling down, depressed, disappointed, discouraged
- Nintendo Company released a home game console in 1983 called Family Computer(Famicom), it's main color is red and white, so it is called the "Red White Console" in ethnic Chinese society. The Euro and US version of it called "Nintendo Entertainment System(NES)", the main color of the console is grey, so it is called "Grey Console"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 頹、失落、灰心
- 任天堂1983年推出嘅家用遊戲機,由於機身以紅同白為主色,喺華人圈被俗稱為紅白機。佢嘅歐美版機身主色以灰為主,因而被俗稱為灰機。
Examples
唉,好灰機呀,我又收咗張好人卡喇……
Sigh, I'm so upset. I've been friend-zoned again after I confessed my feelings.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk