斬 — Cantonese Dictionary

斬

jaam2

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to chop]] to chop people; to fight with a chopper, to attack with a chopper, to injure with a chopper.

Definitions

1 [[to chop]] to chop people; to fight with a chopper, to attack with a chopper, to injure with a chopper.
2 jáam chòng 斬倉 — to cut one's losses, to sell one's holdings.
3 jáam dou bin sí bèng wàih jí 斬到變原餅烏止 — to chop someone to bits, to chop someone up (gwd; 21, 15).
4 jáam dou yat géng hyut 斬到一頸血 — to chop someone severely; to take a lot of money from someone, to cheat someone of a lot of money.
5 jáam fuhng wòhng 斬鳳鳳 — "chopping the head of the phoenix (chicken)", a stage of the triad initiation ceremony (traditional triad jargon, OS).
6 jáam gāi tàuh, siu wòhng jí 斬雞頭, 燒黃紙 — [to cut off the chicken's head and burn the yellow paper] to swear an oath of brotherhood, to become sworn brothers (bh).
7 jáam gāt waih jing 斬雞烏邊 — [chopping off the head of the chicken] a stage in the triad initiation ceremony (traditional triad jargon, OS).
8 jáam geuk ji beih sāa chúhng 斬腳踩避沙蟲 — [to cut off one's toes to avoid the sand bugs] a costly solution that does not address the real problem itself.
9 jáam gwāa 斬死 — to chop to death (gwdl 8, 19).
10 jáam háah ngáahn 眨眼眼 — [to blink] as quick as a flash, in the blink of an eye.
11 jáam hoi gau lúk 斬開九隻 — to chop into pieces, to chop up (yjw 81, 19).
12 jáam líu 斬料 — to buy cooked meat, to go out and buy cooked meat for dinner.
13 jaahm lyuhn gō beng 斬亂歌/哥/叉柄 — to interrupt when someone is talking.