粵

把baa2戲hei3

simp把戏
baa2 hei3bǎ xì

English

  1. acrobatics; jugglery
  2. tricks
  3. trick; ploy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面解雜技;引申為花招、伎倆,愚弄人嘅手法(量詞:種)

Examples

  • 佢叫晒我哋嚟,自己又唔出現,究竟玩乜嘢把戲啊?

    He invited all of us here, but he himself is not showing up. What kind of tricks is he trying to pull?

  • 老狗學不出新把戲。

    An old dog cannot learn new tricks.

    Tatoeba · Adelpa CC BY

  • 猴子能學會很多把戲。

    Monkeys can learn a lot of tricks.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 那通電話是引他離開房子的一個小把戲。

    The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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