冚旗
kam2 kei4kà qí
English
- 'drop flag'; illegally cover the 'for hire' sign on a taxi while still in service; describes the situation where someone has passed away in the line of duty (flag draped over coffin)
- (taxi driver) to stop service; to indicate the next ride is habour crossing
- to die; to stop working; literally: to be covered by a flag
粵語 — Cantonese
- 的士司機將「暫停載客」牌放喺前面,表示唔載客;同樣情況亦有只接過海乘客意思
- 即係死咗
Examples
冚你旗
to make you die
我部電腦就快冚旗。
My computer is about to die.
交更時間,成街啲的士一係就冚旗一係就有客。
It's the shift-change period, all taxis are either hired or have stopped service. ----
Sources: cc-canto, words.hk