刮 — Cantonese Dictionary

刮

gwaat3

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to scrape]] to find; to look for someone, to hunt someone.

Definitions

1 [[to scrape]] to find; to look for someone, to hunt someone.
2 máih waah nēih āa, ngóh dōu gwaat gán kéuih deih làa! 唔該你呀,我都刮緊佢嗰! — Not only you, I'm also looking for them! (snch 37, 16).
3 sing jái, ngóh haih dūng lèih aa, chàai wāan sei ngohk yahn séuhng louhk "刮" ni, faai jáu aa 唱呀,我係東來呀,靠,四緘人上嚟「刮」你,快走呀 — Sing, I'm Tung Lei, four tough guys are looking for you, you'd better get away fast (lfm 9, 6).
4 gwaat chòu lúng 刮粗龍 — [to scrape rough dragon] to make a lot of money in an illegal or dishonest business.
5 gwaat jūk 刮竹 — [to scrape bamboo] to play mahjong (fj 6, 25).
6 gwaat jūng 刮鐘 — [to scrape hour] the protector of a prostitute or call girl making every effort to promote her services (yjh 5.4, 2001, 781).
7 gwaat lúng 刮龍 — [to scrape dragon] to make a lot of money in an illegal or dishonest business; to be corrupt.
8 gwaat lúng jūng hohk 刮龍中學 — [to scrape dragon middle school] an unscrupulous school only concerned with making money.
9 gwaat sāa 刮沙 — [to scrape sand] to eke out a living, to struggle to make a living, to squeeze money out with difficulty.
10 gwaat yáu 刮友 — to find; to look for someone, to hunt someone.