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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[a lamp]]

Definitions

1 [[a lamp]]
2 dāng dìn 燈股 — stock or share in a business venture (OS).
3 dāng lùhng 燈籠 — [a lantern] a customer; to serve a customer (shop assistants' jargon, OS).
4 dāng táuh 燈頭 — [lamp] someone who tries to attract customers off the street into a nightclub or hostess bar (tv 9.10.2000, D1).
5 dāng yàuh fó laahp 燈油火蠟 — [lamp, oil, fire, wax] the overheads, the day-to-day running costs of a business.