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	love is kindled
faan1 taat3	again spark	verb	to rekindle sb's love
daap1 tong4	taste sugar	verb	to dig sb
seon2 pun4	bamboo-shoot  business deal	noun	a great bargain (thing / person)
"chok" joeng6	"chok" look	verb	smoulder /  smouldering look /  purse the lip
daap3 soeng5	ride up	verb	to get connected with sb
hoi1 "P"	open "P"	verb	to throw a party
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	to have a night out
sing 1 "le"	up "le"	verb	to level / level up
jiu1 gwat1	waist bone	noun	(to have) backbone
waan2 je5 / waan2 ngo5 / saa2 ngo5	play thing / me	verb / noun	to toy with sb
leng3 mou4	young model	noun	pseudo model / lang mo
si6 jip6 sin3	career line	noun	cleavage
zi1 zing2	beauty fix	adjective	fastidious / fussy

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://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/quotes

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