霸baa3位wai2

English

1. (v.) to occupy a vacant seat aggressively on public transport; to occupy a table in restaurants; to scramble for a seat; to save a seat
2. to take a seat before somebody else does, usually by putting something on a public seat to indicate somebody is sitting there, or have an actual person sitting there and waiting for the others

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 搶先喺人哋坐低之前，宣示對張檯／個位嘅主權，以確保自己有位坐。通常啲人霸位，會擺個袋係個位上面，話俾人知有人用；或者會有個人坐喺度幫其他人霸位。

Examples

• 圖書館張張檯都擺晒袋霸位但又冇人坐，我真係好躁。

  The seats are all occupied by bags in the library, but nobody is actually sitting there, it's really pissing me off.