粵

騰tang4雞gai1

simp腾鸡
tang4 gai1téng jī

English

  1. to panick; to be nervous about something; to be frighten [colloquial]
  2. nervous; agitated; afraid; scared; to be coward or frightened; literally "trembling chicken"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 驚青;冇勇氣面對;驚惶失措

Examples

  • 我呢排係噉發一個夢,我喺隻沉緊嘅船上面,啲水係噉湧入嚟,我好騰雞噉拎住個桶𢳂走啲水。

    I keep having this dream where I'm on a sinking ship, and I'm frantically using a bucket to try and bail out all the water that's flooding in.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你咪騰晒雞先得㗎!幫手啊!

    Pull yourself together! Come help with this!

  • 你𠝹親手啫,唔使咁忳雞喎。

    You only cut your hand, you don't need to be so scared.

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

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