粵

地dei6踎mau1

dei6 mau1dì móu

English

  1. describes a person who is jobless and acts like a gangster who squats around certain places; lower class
  2. inexpensive, cheap; of low taste or grade; of grassroots class; earthy
  3. the lowest class of rogue, have not even a still place to sit in, can only squat down here and there to rest temporarily.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 廉價嘅;低級,下等嘅;草根嘅;貼近基層生活嘅
  2. 最下等,最貧窮嘅一種流氓,由於無固定地盤,連坐的位置也沒有,只能四處流連踎響地下休息,因而得名。

Examples

  • 班地踎流氓好麻煩,成日騷擾行人。

    Those slummy rogues are so troublesome, they keep harassing the passer-by.

  • 深水埗係窮人美食天堂,有好多地踎茶樓、大排檔、平價小食店。

    Sham Shui Po is the gourmet heaven for the poor. There are a lot of grassroots teahouses, food stalls and greasy spoons.

  • 黃秋生首《地踎搖滾》好鬼過癮喎! (wong4 cau1 sang1 sau2 "dei6 mau1 jiu4 gwan2" hou2 gwai2 gwo3 jan5 wo3!)

    Anthony Perry's song "Earthy Rock" is really kick ass! ----

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

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