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Cantonese word of the day · 12 November
OT
ou1 ti1Jyutping
overtime / to work overtime
老細都未走，班細嘅邊敢唔OT吖？
Lou5 sai3 dou1 mei6 zau2, baan1 sai3 ge3 bin1 gam2 m4 ou1 ti1 aa1?
The boss hasn't even left yet, so how would the subordinates dare not to work overtime?
Earlier Cantonese words
- 食過飯 have eaten a meal before / ate (experiential or past)
- 咪 don't / contraction of 唔好
- 紅色暴雨警告 Red Rainstorm Warning Signal
- 佢 he / she / it
- 喺呢度 right here / at this place
- 大過 bigger than / older than
- 比人食咗 eaten by someone / swallowed up by someone
- 張 classifier for flat or expandable sheets and objects
- 住 continuous / temporary aspect marker
- 凍檸茶 iced lemon tea
- 咋 only / just particle
- 身體健康 Wishing you good health
- 比人打 to get beaten up / to get hit by someone
- 加班 to work overtime
- 食緊飯 eating a meal / mid-meal
- 警匪片 cop and robber film / crime thriller
- 未 not yet
- 黑色暴雨警告 Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
- 渠 he / she / it
- 喺嗰度 over there / at that place
- 瘦過 thinner than / leaner than
- 比人賣咗 sold off by someone / betrayed by someone
- 條 classifier for long, thin, flexible objects
- 街市檔口 wet market stall
- 過 experiential aspect marker
- 鴛鴦 Yuenyeung / coffee mixed with milk tea
- 喎 reported speech / reminder particle
- 利事逗來 Hand over the red packets
- 夜生活 nightlife
- 比人 by someone / by people (passive marker)
- 放工 to get off work / finish work
- 食咗飯 having eaten a meal / ate
- 文藝片 art-house film / romance-drama
- 比人買咗 bought by someone / already purchased
- 行街市 to walk through / shop at a traditional wet market
- 絲襪奶茶 silk stocking milk tea
- 恭喜發財 Wishing you prosperity and wealth
- 大牌檔 open-air food stall / dai pai dong
- 唔 not / no / don't
- 比人借咗 borrowed by someone / lent out to someone
- 茶餐廳 Hong Kong-style diner / café
- 農曆新年 Lunar New Year
- 食好嘢 to eat premium food / to enjoy gourmet treats
- 鬼片 horror movie / ghost film
- 黃雨 Amber Rainstorm Signal
- 你 you (singular)
- 喺度 to be here / to be present / currently doing something right here
- 肥過 fatter than
- 隻 classifier for animals, vessels, or single items of pairs
- 菜檔 vegetable stall
- 咗 perfective aspect marker
- 囉 obviousness / resignation particle
- 月台 train platform
- 初一 the first day of the Lunar New Year
- 掃街 to go on a street food crawl (literally 'to sweep the streets')
- 糖 sugar / candy
- 飲茶 to go for dim sum / to drink tea
- 阿華田 Ovaltine
- 小炒 stir-fry dishes
- 冇 to not have / did not (past negation)
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