粵

撇pit3甩lat1

pit3 lat1piē shuǎi

English

  1. to get rid of
  2. to get rid of; to discard
  3. to escape from a pursuer

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將一樣嘢去除,令佢唔再影響自己,例如朋友
  2. 令追蹤緊你嘅人揾你唔到

Examples

  • 頭先有人跟住我,我轉左四次車先至撇甩到佢。

    Someone was on my tail, I need to transfer for four times to lose him.

  • 佢哋排擠我,於是想放學之後搭第二條巴士線撇甩我。

    They are ostracizing me and wanted to get rid of me by taking a different bus route after school. ----

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

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