粵

拆caak3屋uk1

caak3 uk1chāi wū

English

  1. to take down a house; [written and colloquial]
  2. to tear down everything in a house; figuratively, to make a mess
  3. alley-oop

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 拆走間屋入面嘅嘢;引申指地方亂七八糟,一片混亂
  2. 籃球術語;球員喺空中接住隊友嘅傳波再射入埋;英文嘅音譯詞

Examples

  • 我嗰幾個姨甥嚟親我屋企都好似拆屋咁㗎,次次佢哋走咗我都執屋執餐死。

    Whenever my nieces and nephews come over to my place, it becomes total chaos and they make a mess of everything, and every time I have to spend a lot of time to clean up the house.

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

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