粵

九gau2九gau2機gei1

simp九九机
gau2 gau2 gei1jiǔ jiǔ jī

English

  1. a communication equipment typically used by reporters in the past to intercept the walkie talkie used by police to obtain information [colloquial]
  2. a device for eavesdropping on police radio communications; literally "nine nine device"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 記者用嚟截聽警察無線電嘅器材；當時記者可以聽到警察嘅通信，就可以趕過去採訪，甚至快過警察到場，後來警察換咗有加密嘅通信系統，呢種機無得再用，咁嘅情況亦都隨之消失

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

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