線 — Cantonese Dictionary

線

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[a territory, an area]] a territory, an area; the lower ranks of a triad society, the followers of a particular triad big brother (fmyy 58, 27), cf. làai 拉.

Definitions

1 [[a territory, an area]] a territory, an area; the lower ranks of a triad society, the followers of a particular triad big brother (fmyy 58, 27), cf. làai 拉.
2 sin bāa gaak 線巴格 — a toilet
3 sin ngáahn 線眼 — [thread eyes] a police informer.
4 sin yàhn 線人 — [thread person] an informer, i.e. someone who gives secret information for money (gwdl 17, 6) a police informer.