濕柴
simp湿柴also written溼柴sap1 caai4shī chái
English
- useless; loose change of small denominations or bank notes are that worth so little that they are virtually uselss; unsaleble goods; literally 'wet firewood'
- In the 1990s, mainlander porn star Pang Dang spoke inaccurate Cantonese accent, she pronounced "figure" in Cantonese as if "wet firewood", people made fun by mocking her words.
- wet firewood; extended meaning as a useless person
粵語 — Cantonese
- 90年代豔星彭丹由於廣東話唔正,將「身材」講成「濕柴」,成為當時流行用來取笑大陸女星嘅一句用語。
- 沾左水嘅木條,難以點得著火;引申為無用嘅人
Examples
你地成班都係濕柴嚟㗎,冇鬼用!
You guys are all rubbish (like wet firewood), no use at all !
指細面額零錢、散銀;又指國民政府喺國統區發行嘅金圓卷
coins, small change, low denomination currency; gold yuan issued in China during 1948-1949
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk