粵

艇teng5仔zai2

teng5 zai2tǐng zǐ

English

  1. describes someone who is working for an illegal gambling boss or someone who acts as a middleman between the borrower and the loan shark; a small boat; a soup spoon
  2. taxi (jargon of taxi drivers)
  3. the middle-person between the host/whole-seller and the buyer in a gambling/drug dealing activity
  4. small boat; raft
  5. spoon (jargon of restaurant waiters)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 的士(的士行業術語)
  2. 賭場或毒品交易活動中,莊家/拆家與買家之間嘅中間人
  3. 細船;舢舨
  4. 匙羹(餐飲行業術語)

Examples

  • 強哥部艇仔死咗火。

    Keung's taxi broke down. ----

  • 嗰邊張枱要隻艇仔。

    That table over there needs a spoon.

  • 拆家叫晒啲艇仔去佢度攞貨。

    The dealer call all the retailers to get their meth.

  • 我由香港仔坐艇仔去鴨脷洲。

    I go to Ap Lei Chau (Abardeen Island) from Aberdeen by raft.

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

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