粵

開hoi1叉caa1

hoi1 caa1kāi chāinferred

English

  1. split; cut; to have split ends

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 原本完整嘅一件嘢分開咗兩邊,例如毛筆筆頭開叉

Examples

  • 呢條裙咁窄,開個叉喇!

    This skirt is too tight, make a cut in the side of it!

  • 佢係噉電髮,搞到啲頭髮開晒叉。

    She perms her hair too often, and now it's got split ends.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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