過 — Cantonese Dictionary

過

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Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to cross]] to cross.

Definitions

1 [[to cross]] to cross.
2 gwo 過 — to transfer (funds, territory, allegiance).
3 gwo chaak 過冊 — to pass a register; barter in prison, prison black market (prison jargon).
4 gwo chèung 過場 — to move from one location or place of work to another (e.g. a hostess or a mamasan changing nightclubs, dyj 6, 26), cf. chèung 場.
5 gwo chòng 過倉 — to change cells in prison.
6 gwo daaih hói 過大海 — to cross the big sea; to go to Macau from Hong Kong; to go gambling in Macau (hhssm, 0.50).
7 gwo dái 過底 — to switch from one triad unit to another.
8 gwo dái fai 過底費 — a fee paid for switching from one triad unit to another (ty 16.10.2001, A11).
9 gwo dāk heui 過得去 — passable; to get along all right.
10 gwo dong 過檔 — to change stall; to change jobs, to move company; to change allegiance; to change one's triad allegiance (ad 19.8.2000, A4).
11 gwo dong 過檔 — an exclamation telling someone to go away, "get lost!".
12 gwo dōu sāan 過刀山 — passing the mountain of knives; a stage in the triad initiation ceremony (traditional triad jargon, OS).
13 gwo fó hàang 過火坑 — crossing the pit of fire; a stage in the triad initiation ceremony in which the recruit is symbolically purified by fire (traditional triad jargon, OS).
14 gwo fó wái 過火位 — to go too far, to behave badly, to overstep the mark.
15 gwo gāai louh syú 過街老鼠 — a rat running across the street; everybody shouts out "hit it!"; a public enemy, a hate figure.