粵

跳tiu3樓lau2

simp跳楼
tiu3 lau2tiào lóu

English

  1. to jump from a building (to kill oneself)
  2. to commit suicide by jumping off a building; to commit suicide
  3. fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 從高樓跳落街自殺;泛指自殺

Examples

  • 跳樓價

    sale at breakdown price

  • 今次真係跳樓都唔掂!

    The situation is so bad, even committing suicide won't help!

  • 今日富士康又有人跳樓。

    Yet another person jumped to his death at Foxconn today.

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

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