煲 — Cantonese Dictionary

煲

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to boil]]

Definitions

1 [[to boil]]
2 bōu bóu 煲煲 — to smoke, to smoke cigarettes (gwdl 38, 34); to destroy, to crush one's enemy.
3 bōu dihn wúa jūk 煲電話粥 — to talk for hours on the phone (ad 18.10.2000, A15).
4 bōu dūng gwāa 煲冬瓜 — a joke name for the standard language of China, Putonghua, cf. pàauh dūng gwāa 刮冬瓜.
5 bōu héi 煲起 — to destroy, to crush one's enemy (gwdl 38, 31).
6 bōu jūk 煲粥 — to talk for hours on the telephone (ty 4.10.2000, D2).
7 bōu lóuh ké 煲老茄 — a woman who has a relationship with a much older man.
8 bōu lóuh ngáuh 煲老藕 — a man who has a relationship with a much older woman.
9 bōu móuh máih jūk 煲無米粥 — to waste time planning something; to discuss something that will never amount to anything.
10 bōu séui 煲水 — to indulge in petty gossip.
11 bōu séui sān màn 煲水新聞 — to indulge in petty gossip; gossip about the entertainment business in the newspapers.
12 bōu yin 煲煙 — to smoke (such 1, 22).