粵

兩loeng5梳so1蕉ziu1

simp两梳蕉
loeng5 so1 ziu1liǎng shū jiāo

English

  1. to visit one without any gift
  2. to visit someone without bringing a gift; to arrive empty-handed at someone's house. as the bananas represent the fingers of one's hands; literally: two bunches of bananas / bringing a bunch of bananas / bringing two bunches of bananas

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 咩都冇帶;上門作客或者探人無帶到禮物,將兩手空空嘅手指借喻為蕉,所以叫兩梳蕉

Examples

  • 兩梳蕉噉過去好似唔係幾好,不如帶枝酒啦。

    It's not that nice to go there empty-handed. Let's take a bottle of wine.

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

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