粵

起hei2底dai2

hei2 dai2qǐ dǐ

English

  1. (of authorities, journalists etc) to uncover hidden facts
  2. to investigate someone's background and make them public
  3. (HK, Tw) to dox
  4. to check up on somebody's background
  5. to dox; to find out and expose someone's name and other personal details

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 挖起底細,查清某個人嘅背景
  2. 揾出同埋公開某個人嘅姓名同埋其他個人資料

Examples

  • 起你底

    to dox you

  • 可以用嚟起底

    can be used for doxxing

  • 佢入嚟呢間公司做之前已經俾人起晒底。

    His background was checked up before he came to work in this company. ----

  • 佢俾人起咗底,全名同電話都俾人放咗上網。

    He was doxxed. His full name and phone number has been uploaded online.

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

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