執笠 (zap1 lap1)：a shop closes down
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Practical Cantonese 10 – 穿煲
穿煲 (cyun1 bou1)：a lie or a secret plan is disclosed (accidentally and unintentionally)
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Practical Cantonese 9 – 度叔
度叔 (dok6 suk1)：good at calculation and spending money to a certain extend, unwilling to spend money on others; stingy
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Practical Cantonese 8 – 度橋
Practical Cantonese 7 – 扭計
扭計 (nau2 gai3)：deliberately make things difficult for someone; making a din (esp. child)
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無牙老虎
As you know, news headline should be short, straight to the point and meaningful in whatever languages. Therefore, reading news headline is a good way to learn language. In the coming posts, we will occasionally write something about news headline. Continue reading “無牙老虎”
Practical Cantonese 6 – 夾計
夾計 (gaap3 gai2)：collude, to act together secretly (or illegally) in order to deceive or cheat someone
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Practical Cantonese 5 – 計仔
計／計仔 (gai2 ／ gai2 zai2)：a plan or an idea. (spoken form, very casual) 🤔
Normally, we pronounce 計 as gai3, but here we pronounce in different tone. Continue reading “Practical Cantonese 5 – 計仔”
Practical Cantonese 4 – 作狀
作狀 / 扮嘢 (zok3 zong6 / baan6 je5)：intentionally pretend you are cool, more important or better; but sometimes people may use it in opposite way – intentionally pretend you are pity, weak …
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Practical Cantonese 3 – 甩底
甩底 (lat1 dai2)／放飛機 (fong3 fei1 gei1)／失約 (sat1 joek3, can be used in written form)：didn’t keep the promise; stand (someone) up; don’t show up
甩….底
放….飛機
失約
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