粵

黑hak1箱soeng1

hak1 soeng1haak1 soeng1hēi xiāng

English

  1. black box
  2. behind the scene; under the table; literally "black box"
  3. flight recorder
  4. opaque system (computing)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 運作嘅過程唔公開畀大眾知道

Examples

  • 黑箱作業

    to operate without any transparency

  • 佢哋請人好黑箱㗎,唔好嘥時間去申請喇。

    They make their hiring decisions behind closed doors, so don't waste your time applying.

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

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