粵

港gong2漂piu1

gong2 piu1gong2 piu4gǎng piàoinferred

English

  1. people from Mainland China who are studying or working in Hong Kong; literally "Hong Kong drifters"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 來自中國內地,旅居香港嘅人

Examples

  • 年輕人離鄉別井去到北京就叫「北漂」,到香港就叫「港漂」。

    Young people who leave their hometowns for Beijing are called "BakPiu," and those who move to Hong Kong are called "KongPiu."

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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