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Honourable Mentions

唔好意思

唔 No, not; 好 Good; 意思 Sense = Not good (for me) to do so

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Excuse me

符碌

Transliteration

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Fluke

柯曬虎

Transliteration of "Off", as in Day Off. It was heard in restaurants when business operators talked about a server having a day off.

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Day Off

眼眼哋瞓

眼 Eye; 哋 Slightly; 瞓 Sleep = Eye eye slightly sleep

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Slightly sleepy

唱錢

Transliteration

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Make change (as in to return coins or notes or both)

銀四

銀 Silver; 四 Four. A 'silver' piece divided into quarters, hence a quarter or 25 cent coin.

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The quarter, 25 cent coin used in CDN or US currency.

四萬咁口

四萬 40 thousands, a mahjong piece that written like a smile with teeth; 咁 like; 口 mouth = Having a smile like the 40 thousands. Some say that 四萬 is the transliteration of "Smile", which is also a possible origin of this phrase

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Smiling ear to ear

拗撬

Transliteration

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Argue

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