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作zok3狀zong6

simp作状
zok3 zong6zuò zhuàng

English

  1. (verb) to pretend; to feign; to fake; (adjective) pretentious; contrived
  2. to make pretence; to be ostentatious in speech or behaviour
  3. to be affected or overdone (in performances)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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
  2. 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

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