粵

豆dau6腐fu6刀dou1

dau6 fu6 dou1dòu fu dāo

English

  1. tofu knife
  2. Dark slide of medium or big format film cameras
  3. an indecisive person, a "fence-sitter"; literally "bean curd knife"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中片幅、大片幅相機附送嘅遮光板,用嚟嚮換片盒嘅時候插入片盒同相機中間,防止菲林走光,因為個樣似豆腐舖切豆腐用嘅刀而得名。
  2. 優柔寡斷,做唔到決定嘅人

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

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