粵

衰seoi1仔zai2

seoi1 zai2shuāi zǎi

English

  1. (n.) a naughty boy; a bad kid; (appellation) 'naughty boy'
  2. 'bad boy', usually used as a form of address by parents to call one's son (especially when scolding them); 'little rascal', a form of address for someone who annoys you too much; (adjective) to be of not such good character, usually to describe when someone does something which is not so good (morally) or when someone acts in a way that they shouldn't (this can be considered as a toned down version to the adjective '衰格')
  3. a term expressing irritation, anger or mock irritation against a young male or male with from a lower social hierarchy, literally: bad boy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對年輕或者輩份比自己低嘅男人用嘅蔑稱;對同輩使用則表示輕至中度責備,或假裝憤怒,有時用於親暱咁稱呼朋友

Examples

  • 我叫咗渠做埋功課先去同朋友仔玩㗎啦,點知個衰仔當耳邊風,今朝返學咪畀搣時省囉。

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  • 你個衰仔,做乜咁耐唔揾我?呢排幾好嗎?

    Hey man, we haven't talked in a while! How's it going recently?

  • 呢個衰仔,由細到大都唔肯讀書,依家個社會冇學歷點揾工?

    This slacker, who's never liked studying since he was a child – how is he going to find a job with no qualifications?

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

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