仆街

Chinese

		fall prostrate	street
simp. and trad. (仆街)		仆	街

Etymology

Disputed; one of the possible etymologies is a transliteration of poor guy, while some people say that it is a compound of 仆 (“to fall”) and 街 (“street”), meaning "to fall onto the street".

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): puk¹ gaai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: puk¹ gaai¹
  - Yale: pūk gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: puk⁷ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pug¹ gai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰʊk̚⁵ kɑːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

仆街

(Cantonese, vulgar) bitch (Classifier: 個／个 m; 條／条 m)
你條仆街去死啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
你条仆街去死啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ tiu⁴ puk¹ gaai¹ heoi³ sei² laa¹! [Jyutping]
Go die, you bitch!

Verb

仆街

(Cantonese, vulgar) go to hell
你去仆街啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― Nei⁵ heoi³ puk¹ gaai¹ laa¹! [Jyutping] ― You go to hell!

Adjective

仆街

(Cantonese, vulgar) condemned
今次我仆街喇！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
Gam¹ ci³ ngo⁵ puk¹ gaai¹ laa³! [Jyutping]
This time I'm fucked!

Descendants

English: pok kai

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