旮旯 Corner; 頭 Head

二 Two; 五 Five; 仔 Boy. There are 3 origin stories for this phrase: 1) in the Spring and Autumn period (in Chinese history), there were 2 guys who both named 5 (or, was the fifth child in the family) betrayed their lord together. So people call them "2 fives" 2) During the "1911 Revolution", Mr. Sun called the traitors as "義忤仔" (People who go against the original intention of the revolution) which has the same pronunciation as 二五仔. 3) The third story involves Fu Shui and is hard to explain, contact me know if you really want to know more

There was an old man named 竇禹鈞. He was a famously "good" father as all five of his son became government officials. People then used 老竇 (老 means old, but is a honorific term) to mean father

𢲷 Pronounced as "R", Scratch; 痕 Itchy

通 Pass; 水 Water. Water is often indicate money or fortune. "Passing water" means passing valuable information secretly, mostly unethically.

量 Measure; 地 Ground, floor; 官 Officer = Measure ground office. Some employed people will walk around and do nothing as they don't have anything else to do. They were jokingly be called floor measuring officer as they just pace around.

打 Hit; 甂爐 Clay rondeau pot= Hot Pot = Simmering a hot pot at the table and people can add and cook raw ingredients in it | It also means smoking around an ashtray from 2000's

藤Rattan; 條 Sticks; 炆 Stew; 豬肉 Pork. It sounds like a dish but it actually means using rattan stick to spank a kid, an old-fashion corporal punishment which we definitely should stop doing

Similar to "Touch wood", this word is use to drive away bad luck, but said by another person. Sometime we use "啋過你", meaning "touch wood" on the things you just said/did

知 Know; 我 Me; 咩 What; 料 Material; 啦 (intonation) a note to follow so= Know what my material is. This is a famous quote from singer 193 from Canto pop group "Error"

豆腐潤 Dried tofu. Dried tofu should be written as 豆腐乾 but since 乾 means dry (no water, hence no money), the character is thus substituted by 潤 (moist). Dried tofu is a piece of small squared tofu. It is used to imply something, usually area (like a room), is small.

雞 Chicken; 同 With; 鴨 Duck; 講 Talk = Chicken talking to duck. As chickens and ducks "speak" different languages, they couldn't understand each other. Meaning failed communication.

老竇 itself means "Dad" but 老老竇竇 comes from the typo of 老老實實 (honest). So it is just a fun way to say "To be honest"

(Chinglish) Sum 心 Heart; Sing 聲 Sound; 心聲 heartfelt

守 Guard; 水塘 Reservoir. In the 50s-60s, the Royal Hong Kong Police was heavily corrupted. Since the water reservoirs are located at remote areas, policemen who were on the guarding duties were not able to receive any bribe. This job was regarded as very unpleasant was delegated to those who were honest or didn't get alone with the boss. This phrase now refers to any remote and unlikable jobs

唔 No, not; 該 Should; 晒 All, done = Shouldn't have (troubled you) at all

(Chinglish) 係咁㗎喇 = 係 Is; 咁 this; 㗎喇 (intonation) reassure = This is like this

係 Is; 咁 This; 先 First = That's it

紅 Red 扑扑 (Onomatopoeia)

(Chinglish) 虢礫緙嘞

Transliteration

落 Falling; 花 Flower; 滿天 All over the sky; 蔽 Hide; 月光 Moonlight. From the lyrics of "Fragrant Death 香夭" from the well-known Cantonese opera "Dai Neoi Faa 帝女花". This is the most famous line of Cantonese opera that almost every Canto speaker knows.

磨 Rub; 爛 Broken; 蓆 Straw mat, meaning the seat = one is sitting for so long that the straw mat on the seat is broken cause of rubbing of the butt. It is used to describe someone who is not willing to leave.

滾搞 Bother; 你 You

符 Amulet; 弗 dust whisk. A 符 is a yellow paper with magical signs or symbol on it. A 弗 (拂塵) is dust whisk, also symbols of Buddhist monastic. Both are used for Exorcism in Chinese culture. This word is thus used to connote the "method" or "tricks" one has.

竹昇 Bamboo culm, with nodes at each end, plugged. Person is 'plugged' at both ends like a culm, neither White nor Chinese. Euphemism for ethnic Chinese who grew up overseas (esp. places with strong Western cultural influence)

冚唪唥 ham6 baang6 laang6 = All, everything. There are many different theories on the origin of this phrase, but all of them (Hambaanglaang) are not proven

嚇 Scared; 到 Till; 鼻哥窿 Nostrils; 都 Also; 冇 No; 肉 Meat = It is so scary that the flesh of the nose disappeared. When one is frightened, the nose will be flared, showing a bigger than normal nostrils that look like the flesh has disappeared.

If a ghost die again, it becomes a 聻 (Gwit)

屈 Yield, surrender; 機 Game console. In the late 80s, players would exploit bugs in arcade games such as "Street Fighter" to win the game, this action is called 屈機. This term is later used to mean any kind of exploitation to win any thing, making one unmatchable. The person being 屈機ed is being owned.

(Martian) Cantonese with an accent written in a cyber language called "Martian"; 禾=我 Me; 刀=都 too; 吾=唔 Not, no; G=知 know = I don't know too

飲 Drink; 啖 A mouthful; 茶 Tea; 食 Eat; 個 A; 包 Bun. It is a famous quote of Stephen Chow's character in TV drama series "The Final Combat 蓋世豪俠" (1989). This drama is famous for its 無厘頭文化 (nonsense culture)

(Chinglish) C 師; Hing 兄. It is just a way to address other people, mainly on the internet.

唔 Not; 湯 Soup; 水 Water = Not soup, not water. The literal meaning is some liquid is not pure enough to be called water, but not flavourful enough to be considered as soup. 唔湯唔水 meaning in a dilemma.