粵

唱coeng3衰seoi1

coeng3 seoi1chàng shuāi

English

  1. to express pessimistic views about (sth)
  2. act of defaming
  3. ruining the reputation of another
  4. to defame somebody or something, e.g. places or organisations, by spreading malicious rumours

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 散播謠言,破壞某啲人、地方或者機構嘅名聲

Examples

  • 呢間舖頭呃我錢,等我唱衰佢先得!

    This shop ripped off my money, so I'm gonna go around saying bad things about them.

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

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