粵

執zap1骨gwat1

zap1 gwat1zhí gǔinferred

English

  1. (in table tennis) to alternate serving when one reaches 10 points
  2. to reinter, in traditional burial process, many years after the initial burial, one to pick up the remains / bones, and put into urn (金塔); literally: to collect bones

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 乒乓波術語；當其中一方差一分就贏嘅時候，落後嘅一方會得到發球權，直到追平為止
  2. 傳統殮葬嘅一部分，喺先人土葬幾年之後，肉身已經完全腐化，剩低棚骨，將棚骨拎出嚟清潔乾淨，再擺入金塔安置，呢個程序就叫做執骨；現代亦都有將棚骨火化嘅做法

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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