吃鸡 吃雞 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game) 联合国主计长 lián hé guó zhǔ jì zhǎng United Nations Controller / Controller 卡池 kǎ chí deck of cards (in a trading card game) / (ACG) pool / banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game) 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 躲猫猫 躲貓貓 duǒ māo māo hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game) 复盘 復盤 fù pán (after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves / (stock market) to resume trading 玩法 wán fǎ to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place 剧本杀 劇本殺 jù běn shā murder mystery game (role-playing game) 乙游 乙遊 yǐ yóu otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female protagonists and multiple male love interests (abbr. for 乙女遊戲|乙女游戏[yi3 nu : 3 you2 xi4]) 游戏设备 遊戲設備 yóu xì shè bèi gaming device / controller (for computer or console) 主计 主計 zhǔ jì chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer 空中交通管制员 空中交通管制員 kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì yuán air traffic controller 副主计长办公室 fù zhǔ jì zhǎng bàn gōng shì Office of the Deputy Controller 盘存管制员 pán cún guǎn zhì yuán Inventory Controller 控深鸟 控深鳥 kòng shēn niǎo depth control bird / depth controller / bird / depressor 深度控制器 shēn duó kòng zhì qì depth control bird / depth controller / bird / depressor 主计长 主計長 zhǔ jì zhǎng Budget Controller 航空交通控制人员 航空交通控制人員 Aviation Ramp Controller 图表质量控制员 圖表質量控制員 Graphic Quality Controller 主管财政事务副局长兼海洋事务主计长 主管財政事務副局長兼海洋事務主計長 Deputy Commissioner for Financial Affairs and Maritime Controller 实控人 實控人 shí kòng rén (corporations law) actual controller 实际控制人 實際控制人 shí jì kòng zhì rén (corporations law) actual controller 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style) 吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 瞓 xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 瞓 fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 脷 lì (cattle) tongue (Cantonese) 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 腬 róu greasy (Cantonese) 屌 diǎo penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck 鬼佬 guǐ lǎo foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner 鬼婆 guǐ pó Caucasian woman (Cantonese) 咁 gān so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4] 冇 mǎo to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]) 奶昔 nǎi xī milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) 佢 qú (Cantonese) he, she, it 㗂 shěng variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese) 㗎 jià sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese) / see also 嘅[kai4] 乜嘢 miē yě what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]) 九声六调 九聲六調 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) 乪 nāng a bend in a river (Cantonese) 乸 nǎ feminine suffix (Cantonese) / postfix indicating feminine 仆街 pū jiē drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese) 八婆 bā pó meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese) 利事 lì shì (Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1] 北佬 běi lǎo northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese) 唔好睇 wú hǎo dì unattractive (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 不好看[bu4 hao3 kan4] 唞 dǒu to take a rest (Cantonese) 啱 yān correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (Cantonese) 啲 dī some / few / a little (Cantonese) 啽 án to speak (Cantonese) 喥 dù used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3] 喺 xǐ to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在[zai4] 嗰 gě that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那[na4] 嘅 kài possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5] 嘢 yě (Cantonese) thing / matter / stuff 嘥 sāi to waste (Cantonese) 噏 xī to gossip / to babble (Cantonese) 埲 běng used in 塕埲[weng3beng3] / (Cantonese) classifier for walls 好睇 hǎo dì good-looking (Cantonese) 孭 miē to carry on the back or shoulders (Cantonese) 屋企 wū qǐ (Cantonese) home / family (Mandarin equivalent: 家[jia1]) 