粵

暗am3坎kaan2

am3 kaan2àn kǎninferred

English

  1. (in mahjong) concealed Pong (i.e. three identical tiles not acquired through melding)
  2. to do something secretly without others noticing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 麻雀術語,指唔靠上同碰集齊到一坎(3隻一樣)
  2. 暗中做一啲嘢,而其他人唔知

Examples

  • 三暗坎

    to have 3 concealed Pongs

  • 其實佢暗坎幫大家做咗好多嘢,大家唔知啫。

    He actually did a lot for everyone in secret. It's just that no one knew.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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