吉 — Cantonese Dictionary

吉

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[lucky]] [luck; mandarin orange] seven (triad jargon, OS); to inject heroin (OS); chicken (triad jargon, OS); empty, unoccupied (lfplg) (cf. gāt ūk 吉屋 below).

Definitions

1 [[lucky]] [luck; mandarin orange] seven (triad jargon, OS); to inject heroin (OS); chicken (triad jargon, OS); empty, unoccupied (lfplg) (cf. gāt ūk 吉屋 below).
2 jāam gāt wāih jing 斬吉頭證 — "chopping the head of the chicken", a stage of the triad initiation ceremony (traditional triad jargon, OS).
3 gāt gáa 吉笨 — an empty trailer (truck driver jargon, USi).
4 gāt gwaih 吉櫃 — an empty container (truck driver jargon, USi).
5 gāt jái 吉仔 — a chicken (OS).
6 gāt lóu 吉佬 — a woman, women, especially a prostitute (OS).
7 gāt néui 吉女 — a girl (OS).
8 gāt si 吉士 — [< guts] courage, "guts".
9 gāt ūk 吉屋 — an unoccupied flat or house (gāt 吉 replaces hūng 空 "empty" as this term is homophonous with hūng 兇 "evil" or "unlucky").