Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[wet]] to reward, to give a reward to; to beat up, cf. bok sāp 扑濕.
Definitions
  1. 1 [[wet]] to reward, to give a reward to; to beat up, cf. bok sāp 扑濕.
  2. 2 sāp chàaih 濕柴 — [wet firewood] coins, small change, low denomination currency; a useless person.
  3. 3 sāp fo 濕貨 — [wet goods] produce such as meat, fish, vegetables sold in the market.
  4. 4 sāp gáu 濕九 — [wet nine] bad, of low character, disloyal (gáu 九 frequently suggests or is pronounced as the obscene gáu 九).
  5. 5 sāp gáu jái 濕九仔 — a generic insult for a boy or a young man, "little shit".
  6. 6 sāp jaih 濕浸 — [wet filling] (of a situation) gone wrong, messed-up, a nuisance.
  7. 7 sāp làai 濕拉 — unimportant, of no status, of low standing.
  8. 8 sāp nahm nahm 濕□□ — very wet, soaking wet.
  9. 9 sāp nahp nahp 濕□□/立立 — very wet, soaking wet.
  10. 10 sāp sāp seui 濕濕碎 — [small pieces] a trivial matter, something easy to deal with; a small amount of money; small change.
  11. 11 sāp séui 濕水 — [wet water] mean with money, "tight-fisted", materialistic.
  12. 12 sāp séui gái 濕水雞 — [wet chicken] soaked through, completely drenched.
  13. 13 sāp séui gáu séuhng ngohn 濕水狗上岸 — [wet dog climbs on shore] a big-spender.
  14. 14 sāp séui paau jéung 濕水炮仗 — [damp firecracker] useless; someone with a calm temperament, who doesn't lose their temper.
  15. 15 sāp séui 濕碎 — [small pieces] a trivial matter, something easy to deal with; a small amount of money; small change.
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