粵

大daai6祠ci4堂tong2

daai6 ci4 tong2daai6 ci5 tong2dà ci2tang2

English

  1. ancestral temple [written and colloquial]; Stanley Prison in Hong Kong [colloquial]
  2. Stanley Prison, literally "big ancestral hall"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係赤柱監獄；「祠堂」借指監獄，而赤柱監獄就係香港最高度設防，囚禁著好多重犯嘅監獄，亦都係現有嘅監獄入面最歷史悠久嘅，所以就叫「大祠堂」

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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