Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to pick up]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to pick up]]
  2. 2 jāp jit 執執 — to physically assault, to beat up; to have sex with; to go bankrupt (gwjw 290, 25).
  3. 3 jāp bāau fuhk 執包辭 — to leave a job, to quit a job; to be fired from a job (gwjw 457, 27).
  4. 4 jāp dō jai 執多刷 — to beat someone up again, to beat someone up further; to have sex with someone again; to rape someone again.
  5. 5 jāp dóu 執到 — to achieve something desirable (gwdl 250, 7).
  6. 6 jāp dóu bōu 執到寶 — to achieve a desirable aim.
  7. 7 jāp dóu dōu haam sàam sèng 執到都唔三尊 — a goal that is not worth achieving, an undesirable target, a goal that will not bring happiness if achieved.
  8. 8 jāp fāan tiuh mehng 執返條命 — to survive, to remain alive (gwdl 250, 7).
  9. 9 jāp fāan yāt sān chói 執返一身彩 — to be fortunate, to be lucky (gwdl 30, 13).
  10. 10 jāp gāi 執雞 — [to pick up a chicken] to take something which someone else has lost or thrown away; to start a relationship with someone who has been rejected by their previous partner.
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