粵

帆faan4船syun4牌paai4

faan4 syun4 paai4fan1chuan2 pái

English

  1. the police [colloquial]
  2. a slang that refers to the police force in general, a reference to the sailboat in the cap badges and insignia used by the Royal Hong Kong police; literally "sailboat brand"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 舊時黑幫指警察嘅隱喻，回歸之前皇家香港警察嘅警徽入邊有隻帆船，因而得名

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

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