粵

關gwaan1公gung1

simp关公
gwaan1 gung1Guān gōng

English

  1. Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
  2. Guan Gong; Lord Guan; an honorific of Guan Yu, a general in the Three Kingdoms Period who is revered as a deity
  3. public relations, a wordplay by reversing the two characters making up the word

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對三國時代蜀國武將關羽嘅尊稱;後世人奉佢為神祇,尊稱做關公、關帝,又可以叫關二哥
  2. 即係公關

Examples

  • 關公災難(即係「公關災難」)

    public relations disaster

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

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