千 — Cantonese Dictionary

千

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[a thousand]]

Definitions

1 [[a thousand]]
2 chin 千 — to cheat, to cheat at gambling (gywd 24, 18); a card-cheat, cf. lóuh chin 老
3 chin gáan maahn gáan, gáan jeuhk go laahn dāng jáan 千揀萬揀，揀個爛燈 / 千揀萬揀，揀隻個爛燈 — [to have countless choices and picked out a broken lamp] to have made a bad choice out of a large number of possibilities (often used when talking of one's choice of spouse).
4 chin jēung 千張 — [thousand sheets] toilet paper (OS); newspaper (OS).
5 chin léih 千里 — [thousand leagues] a car, ears (OS).