粵

套tou3丁ding1

tou3 ding1tào dīnginferred

English

  1. In Hong Kong New Territories, every male indigenous villager over 18 years old is entitled to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house for himself to live in, this grant is called "Male Indigenous's Right". But actually not every male indigenous can have land to build his house, so some landlords and developers will buy their grants to build housing estate in the village districts. Literally: extracting male indigenous's right

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 出售丁權；香港新界原居民嘅男丁有權起丁屋自住，但未必能揾到土地，於是有地產商或地主會向男丁收購套取丁權去興建房屋，呢個違法行為就叫套丁

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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