艇仔
teng5 zai2tǐng zǐ
English
- 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
- taxi (jargon of taxi drivers)
- the middle-person between the host/whole-seller and the buyer in a gambling/drug dealing activity
- small boat; raft
- spoon (jargon of restaurant waiters)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 的士(的士行業術語)
- 賭場或毒品交易活動中,莊家/拆家與買家之間嘅中間人
- 細船;舢舨
- 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