Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to hang]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to hang]]
  2. 2 diu géng dóu yiu táu hei 弔頸都要透氣 — [even while hanging need breathe] to take a rest, to need to take a rest.
  3. 3 chūng gó, diu géng dóu yiu táu hei, yaht yaht dáa dáa saat saat, néih ńh guih gáah? 冲哥,弔頸都要透氣,日日打打殺殺,你唔夠累? — Boss Chung, we've been overdoing it, everyday fighting and killing, aren't you tired?
  4. 4 diu héi laih/ lóih maaih 弔起嚟/來賣 — to hoard, to speculate by hoarding commodity; to have a high opinion of oneself and so be selective about what jobs one takes on (e.g. movie star)
  5. 5 diu héu gwái 弔鬼鬼 — [hang boots ghost] someone who is always lurking around
  6. 6 diu jeuk 弔鵝 — [hang on bird] to follow someone; to shadow someone (OS).
  7. 7 diu jyuh tiuh méih 弔住條尾 — to follow someone, to track someone, to be on someone's tail
  8. 8 diu liu 弔料 — to be in a precarious position, to "walk on thin ice".
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