九彩 — Cantonese Dictionary

九彩

gau2 coi2

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[nine]] seriously, extremely.

九

gau2

彩

coi2

Definitions

1 [[nine]] seriously, extremely.
2 kéuih deih yāt lohk láu jauh béi ngóh deih pek dou gáu chói laa! 佢哋一落樓就件我哋啦嘅到九彩翼！ — When they came downstairs we chopped them up really badly! (snch 24, 11).
3 gáu daaih gwái 九大蓋 — [nine great vessels] a lavish banquet.
4 gáu fáan deih 九反地 — a chaotic place.
5 gáu gáu géi 九九機 — [ninety nine device] a device for eavesdropping on police radio communications.
6 gáu go 九哥 — an important person, a "big shot".
7 gáu jī māa lūk 九文炸嬲 — an insulting expression, implying someone is in the way or being stupid (a variant of gáu jī māa lūk 閣支炸嬲).
8 gáu làuh 九流 — low quality, low class, poor, cf. yat làuh —流.