扮嘢
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English
- (verb) to pretend; to fake; (adjective) pretentious
- to pretend; to put on an act, act like something is real but it is not
- pretentious, phony, to describe someone who always put on an act
粵語 — Cantonese
- 假裝,明明唔係又表現到好似係咁。
- 形容人裝模作樣
Examples
佢唔係真喊㗎,扮嘢㗎咋。
She's not really crying, she's just pretending. ----
條八婆好扮嘢㗎,連嗌個叉飯都要講英文。
That woman is incredibly pretentious, insisting on speaking English even while ordering a simple dish like rice with barbecued pork.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk