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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to burn]]

Definitions

1 [[to burn]]
2 siu dou ... gō daahp 燒到...啲嚟 — to get someone involved, to drag someone into a matter.
3 yauh siu dou ngóh gó daahp?! 又燒到我啲嚟?! — Now you want to drag me in again?! (hsw 24, 11).
4 siu hēung 燒香 — to smoke, to smoke a cigarette (OS).
5 siu lāahng jou 燒冷灶 — [to warm a cold stove] to support someone who has fallen from power, to work on behalf of someone who has lost power or status in the hope that they will regain their former position.
6 siu néih sou bóu 燒你教簿 — [burn your ledger] an indirect phrase expressing hostility or mock-hostility (punning variant of díu néih lóuh môu 閣你老母).
7 siu néih sou bóu chau háaih 燒你教簿臭蟹 — [burn your ledger smelly crab] an indirect phrase expressing hostility or mock-hostility (punning variant of díu néih lóuh môu 閣你老母).
8 siu néih sou bóu chau háaih 燒你教簿臭鞋 — [burn your ledger smelly shoes] an indirect phrase expressing hostility or mock-hostility (punning variant of díu néih lóuh môu 閣你老母).
9 siu tòih paau 燒台泡 — [to fire a canon] to lose one's temper in a violent manner, to bang the table in a rage.
10 siu wòhng jí 燒黃紙 — [burning the yellow paper] a stage in the triad initiation ceremony in which the yellow paper or yellow gauze is burnt and a portion of the ashes used to make ritual wine; a ceremony used for affirming ties of brotherhood or other contractual agreements or oaths (gwj2).