粵

嬲nau1嬲nau1豬zyu1

nau1 nau1 zyu1niǎo niǎo zhūinferred

English

  1. literally: angry pig. It originally means "to be very angry." However, the meaning is further extended, and it means to get mad with trivial matters easily.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本身指好嬲,將「嬲」疊字,再加上「豬」表示親暱,引申至因為少少事就好易發嬲,帶貶義

Examples

  • 佢又嬲嬲豬喇。

    He gets angry again.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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