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食咗飯未

食咗 Eaten; 飯 Rice, meal; 未 Yet = Have you eaten yet?

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How are you doing?

佮佮㪠

Pronunciation: tup tup hum; 佮佮 Fit, exact; 㪠 Fit, same size

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Snug Fit

誰能代替你地位

From the lyrics of "Monica"(1984) by Leslie Cheung, lyrics by Peter Lai; 誰 Who; 能 Can; 代替 Replace; 你 You; 地位 Status/role = Who can replace you? This phrase is placed near the "I support Cantonese" line on the signal box to emphasise the importance of Cantonese.

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Who can replace you?

逗利是

逗 Ask for; 利是 Red Packet, a small red envelope with cash (mostly bill) in it; the Literal meaning is"good sign, blessing". During the Chinese New Year, parents and elders will give red packets as a form of blessings. The youngsters have to "ask for" the red packet by wishing the elders health and prosperity.

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Asking for Red Packet

街坊撐華埠

街坊 Neighbourhood, also means neighbour; 撐 Support; 華 Chinese; 埠 Port

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The community supports Chinatown. @ChinatownT2G

Means "Hey" when you are starting a conversation, and as an intonation to indicate a suggestion when placed at the end when paired with "La".(do we ever place "wai at the end?" It also could be an impolite people to address a person

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Hey

細埃

細Small; 埃 Dust, angstrom (Å)

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Small scale; insignificant

十足十

十 Ten; 足 Complete = 10 out of 10

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Absolutely, 100 %

我撐廣東話

我 Me; 撐 Support; 廣東話 Cantonese

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I support Cantonese (language)

側側膊 唔多覺

側 Tilt, turn; 膊 Shoulder; 唔 No; 多 More; 覺 Feeling = Turh away the shoulder, pretend you do not notice it

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Muddle through

出Pool

出 Leave; Pool refers to "the Pool of single people"

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Starting a new relationship (from being single)

𨋢

Transliteration of "Lift"

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Elevator

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