粵

搶coeng2閘zaap6

simp抢闸
coeng2 zaap6qiǎng zhá

English

  1. to race to be the first to get something or to do something
  2. to rush to do something; to act prematurely; literally: to snatch the gate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 率先做,反應快過預期

Examples

  • 細妹竟然搶閘扒頭第一個結婚。

    It is unexpected that the youngest sister becomes the first to marry (as her siblings are supposed to get married earlier than she is).

  • 元旦凌晨,一男一女BB搶閘出世。

    At the midnight of the new year, a boy and a girl were born.

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

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