作狀
simp作状zok3 zong6zuò zhuàng
English
- (verb) to pretend; to feign; to fake; (adjective) pretentious; contrived
- to make pretence; to be ostentatious in speech or behaviour
- to be affected or overdone (in performances)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 講嘢、做嘢嘅時候扮晒嘢,懶係斯文、有型、有深度等等,等自己可以俾一個好啲嘅印象人
- 做某啲動作嘅時候太過扮嘢,搞到望落好誇張、好唔自然
Examples
佢影親相都好作狀㗎!
Every time he takes a picture, he is/looks affected/not natural.
佢作狀㗎咋,佢平時冇咁斯文㗎!
She's just pretending to be cultured and polite. She's nothing like that in daily life. ----
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk