吹哨
ceoi1 saau3chuī shào
English
- to blow a whistle
- to whistle
- to turn in or report someone to the police or the authorities (often anonymously); to blow the whistle; often carries negative connotations of betrayal
粵語 — Cantonese
- 暗中指證罪魁禍首,類似告密、篤背脊、做二五仔
Examples
裁判吹哨两次,向大家宣布已经终场。
The referee blew his whistle twice to tell everyone it was full-time.
Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY
梅西差一点就进球了,但裁判吹哨说他越位。
Messi was very close to scoring a goal, but the referee blew his whistle to say that he was offside.
Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk