Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to cry]] to cry
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to cry]] to cry
  2. 2 haam gwái 哭歸 — to gossip maliciously (ad 21.1.2001, A12).
  3. 3 haam bàau 哭包 — [cry bun] a crying baby (yldjh 432, 22).
  4. 4 haam dáa haam saat 哭打嗓殺 — to cry out in an aggressive or threatening way, to cry for blood, to "scream blue murder".
  5. 5 haam dóu mouh waih 哭都無謂 — there is no point crying over something one cannot change.
  6. 6 haam fú haam fát 哭笨哭急 — to be continually in tears, to be a "cry baby".
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