杯葛
bui1 got3bēi gé
English
- (dialect) (loanword) to boycott
- to boycott
粵語 — Cantonese
- 集體用迴避、冷落及拒絕等行為去抵制、排斥人。被杯葛嘅人通常都係唔受人歡迎或者做咗衰嘢。(音譯自英文 Boycott,來源於1880年北愛爾蘭一個惡死收租佬 Charles Cunningham Boycott,響失收之時仍然壓迫佃農,於是引起愛爾蘭人群起用抵制方式反抗,並成功將佢趕離社區。後人就用 Boycott 呢個名去代表抵制排斥嘅行動。)
Examples
班同事唔滿意佢成日擦波士鞋,所以杯葛佢。
Her colleagues disliked how she kisses her boss' ass, so they boycotted her.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk