"troll" meaning in Chinese

See troll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English troll. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|troll}} English troll Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} troll
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) trolly (tending to troll) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, slang
    Sense id: en-troll-zh-adj-vNJhpc7i Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 71 29

Verb

IPA: /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English troll. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|troll}} English troll Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} troll
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to troll (to incite anger) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, slang Derived forms: troll game
    Sense id: en-troll-zh-verb-JKmgEYLf Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
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          "english": "Yes, it can show how trolly you are.",
          "ref": "2017 December 3, “Archived copy”, in TRANSPARENCE 澈, number 37, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023, page 5:",
          "text": "可以,可以show 你個人有幾troll。",
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