Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[base]] a hundred thousand dollars worth of "dead chips", i.e. gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for cash (hj 2, 20); plan, strategy or secret (hhssm 6,25); background, identity, past record; triad identity, status as a triad member (gwdj 38, 34).
Definitions
  1. 1 [[base]] a hundred thousand dollars worth of "dead chips", i.e. gambling chips that cannot be exchanged for cash (hj 2, 20); plan, strategy or secret (hhssm 6,25); background, identity, past record; triad identity, status as a triad member (gwdj 38, 34).
  2. 2 dái pàai 底牌 — the enemy's plan, the opposition's strength, strategy or secret (ad 2.10.2000, C2).
  3. 3 dái pùhn 底盤 — the chassis number of a car (gwdj 15, 22).
  4. 4 dái sai 底細 — background, identity, past record (fcdg 14, 6).
  5. 5 dái wàahng 底褲 — [low horizontal] underwear, underpants, cf. wàahng gok 褲角.
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