山寨
saan1 zaai6shān zhài
English
- fortified hill village
- mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
- (fig.) knockoff (goods)
- counterfeit
- imitation
- Imitation and trademark infringing brands and goods. The term Shanzhai especially refers to the counterfeit productions in Mainland China
- fortified mountain village; mountain fastness/fortress
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指抄襲、仿製、偽冒人哋牌子同商品。源於香港山寨廠一詞,當動詞用果陣就專指中國大陸廠商嘅偽冒行為。
- 山上嘅防守用嘅山莊;盜賊嘅營寨
Examples
我似乎不太喜欢小米,我觉得小米是屌丝用的手机,就是个山寨机。
I don't really like Xiaomi phones, and I think that they're for losers. They're like knock-offs.
Tatoeba · bdanner CC BY
山寨廠
ill-equipped, low-end, family-based factories
山寨貨
pirate or copied goods; fake or counterfeit products
啲山寨嘢平就係平,但係一啲都唔襟用。
Those pirate stuffs are cheap, but they are not durable at all.
大件事!俾人山寨咗我哋個產品,依家網上有得賣喇。
What a big trouble ! Someone copied our products and those counterfeit products are also available on the internet.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk