雀友
zoek3 jau5què yǒu
English
- a friend to play mahjong with
- friend or acquaintance who plays mahjong together; or elegant name of any person who plays mahjong
- person who raises and breeds birds
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一齊打麻雀嘅朋友,類近麻雀腳;或用嚟雅稱打麻雀嘅人(量詞:個)
- 養雀、玩雀嘅人
Examples
竹戰連場,男雀友疑不支暈倒。
After multiple games of mahjong, a male player was believed to have fainted due to exhaustion. ----
放假梗係約埋幾個雀友打返幾圈啦。
The best activity in the holiday is to date the mahjong mates to play a few rounds.
以前興養雀嗰陣,啲雀友個個都帶住籠雀去茶樓,幾熱鬧。
In the old days when raising birds was a trend, all the the bird breeders would bring their birds with cages to the tea house. How lively it is!
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk