粵

山saan1寨zaai6

saan1 zaai6shān zhài

English

  1. fortified hill village
  2. mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
  3. (fig.) knockoff (goods)
  4. counterfeit
  5. imitation
  6. Imitation and trademark infringing brands and goods. The term Shanzhai especially refers to the counterfeit productions in Mainland China
  7. fortified mountain village; mountain fastness/fortress

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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。
  2. 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.

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  • 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

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