粵

炒caau2車ce1

simp炒车
caau2 ce1chǎo chē

English

  1. car crash (spoken)
  2. to have a vehicle accident
  3. an extended metaphor from 跟車太貼, used figuratively in situations where somebody made a judgement call (usually regarding rumours on the internet) too early, but later it turns out to be false

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 發生交通意外
  2. 跟車太貼嘅引申義;太緊貼一啲未知真假嘅事 (通常係網絡流傳嘅時事新聞),好快就判定咗自己信邊面,但係後來真相同自己所信嘅唔同

Examples

  • 嗰度個急彎成日都炒車。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 公主道炒咗車,而家過海好塞車。

    There was a traffic accident in Prince Margaret Road, so cross harbour traffic has ground to a halt. ----

  • 叫咗你唔好信連登上面嘅小道消息啦,你睇,炒晒車喇。

    I told you already not to trust rumours from LIHKG. See? You got it all wrong.

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

Report an issue

Spotted a wrong reading, definition, or example? Tell us — it helps everyone.