Thursday 28 April 2011

Slang: Red Hot Hong Kong Slang's English Equivalent (Revisited)


Having written the first entry titled Slang: Red Hot Hong Kong Slang's English Equivalent (Updated) back in July 2009, I think it is time to give it a little update.

You might find some of them offending, but let's accept them as the fact that people do use them nowadays.


HK Slang
Direct Translation
parts of speech
English Equivalent
ciu4
tide
adjective
chic /stylish
taat3 zoek6
spark / light up (oft. past tense)
verb
faan1 taat3
again spark
verb
daap1 tong4 
taste sugar
verb
seon2 pun4
bamboo-shoot  business deal
noun
a great bargain (thing / person)
"chok" joeng6 
"chok" look
verb
daap3 soeng5
ride up
verb
to get connected with sb
hoi1 "P"
open "P"
verb
taan1 paai4
spread cards
verb
have a showdown
co5 zeng3
sit proper
verb
to officially become a girlfriend /
wife (often female)
je6 pou4
night rush
verb
sing 1 "le"
up "le"
verb
jiu1 gwat1
waist bone
noun
(to have) backbone
waan2 je5 /
waan2 ngo5 /
saa2 ngo5
play thing / me
verb / noun
leng3 mou4
young model
noun
si6 jip6 sin3
career line
noun
zi1 zing2
beauty fix
adjective

Resources:

Slang: Red Hot Hong Kong Slang's English Equivalent (Updated) @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2009/07/slang-red-hot-hong-kong-slangs-english.html

'Tangled' Trailer HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSx1dYJlJh4

Tangled @ IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/

粵語審音配詞字庫
http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/

林語堂《當代漢英詞典》電子版 - Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (CUHK)
http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Lindict/

Chinese (Cantonese) Help sheets
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/chic
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/kindle_2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/rekindle
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/dig_4
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/smoulder
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/party_1
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/showdown
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/night_2#night_2__3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_point#Level-based_progression
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/toy-with-sb-sth#toy-with-sb-sth__2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-model
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/cleavage_1
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/fastidious
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/fussy_1