潮 — Cantonese Dictionary

潮

ciu6 ciu3

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[tide]]

Definitions

1 [[tide]]
2 chiuh hei 潮氣 — [tide air] flirtatious; cute.
3 chiuh jāu fán 潮州粉 — [Chiu Chow powder] high-grade heroin prepared by the Chiu Chow method, cf. yàhn lóuh fán 人佬粉 (OS).
4 chiuh jāu yàm ngohk 潮州音樂 — [Chiu Chow music] everyone for themselves (the Chiu Chow opera chorus gih gi gu gih gi is the equivalent of Cantonese jih géi gwu jih géi 自己顧自己顧, which means "everyone for themselves").