feel

From English feel. Cognate with Mandarin fu.

2012 September 15, “陳展鵬谷上一線 孖鍾嘉欣談情”, in 東方日報:

When being interviewed, he said that he need to act a bit more mainland-like as the character is from Foshan.

taa¹ zip³ sau⁶ fong² man⁶ si⁴ biu² si⁶ jau⁴ jyu¹ kek⁶ zung¹ si⁶ fat⁶ saan¹ jan⁴, jiu³ zou⁶ daai⁶ luk⁶ fiu¹ jat¹ dim²

他接受訪問時表示由於劇中是佛山人，要做大陸feel一點

他接受访问时表示由于剧中是佛山人，要做大陆feel一点

2023 March 13, “奧斯卡｜《奇異女俠》橫掃7大獎項 網民曾神預言：拎獎拎到手軟”, in 香港01:

Now it has been proven to be the truth, but the post was suspected to be promotional material; “this post is very PR-like”, “not feeling the movie is godlike how it has been said to be at all”.

jin⁶ zoi⁶ zing³ ming⁴ si⁶ sat⁶ kok³ si⁶ jyu⁴ ci², daan⁶ soeng¹ gwaan¹ tip³ man⁴ cang⁴ bei⁶ waai⁴ ji⁴ si⁶ syun¹ cyun⁴ tip³⁻², “ni¹ go³ post ging³ PR fiu¹”, “jyun⁴ cyun⁴ m⁴ gok³ jau⁵ ceoi¹ dou³ gam³ san⁴”.

現在證明事實確是如此，但相關帖文曾被懷疑是宣傳帖，「呢個POST勁PR FEEL」、「完全唔覺有吹到咁神」。

现在证明事实确是如此，但相关帖文曾被怀疑是宣传帖，「呢个POST劲PR FEEL」、「完全唔觉有吹到咁神」。

Used after a noun to form an adjective denoting resemblance towards such noun; -like; sense of …


play

Borrowed from English play, possibly via Japanese プレイ (purei).

羞恥play

羞耻play

女裝play

女装play

各種奇怪的play

各种奇怪的play


-s

Borrowed from English -s (“plural suffix”).

bor+

有車s有樓s

有车s有楼s

(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic, rare, written only) Used to emphasise that there are multiple instances of the noun


min

A min

(Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)

school slang; university slang; school slang; university slang


呵呵

/hɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/

/hɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/

Onomatopoeic. Compare English haha. Partly replaced by modern 哈哈 (hāhā) due to sound shift 呵 (MC xa) > 呵 (hē).


家家

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕia⁵⁵ t͡ɕia⁵⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/ka²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕia⁵⁵ t͡ɕia⁵⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/ka²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/

Children like you have no business interrupting the talk of adults!

Xiǎoháizijiājiā de, dàrén shuōhuà chā shénme zuǐ!

小孩子家家的，大人說話插什麼嘴！

小孩子家家的，大人说话插什么嘴！

(dialectal Mandarin) Used after a noun to specify a type of person.


巴巴

/paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵/

乾巴巴

干巴巴

(colloquial) Suffix attached to adjectives to emphasise a state: very; extremely


得滯

/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯²²/

/tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯²²/

鹹得滯

咸得滞


斯坦

Ultimately from Indo-Iranian languages such as Persian ـستان (-estân), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam. See also 震旦 (MC tsyinH tanH, “Cīnastan, abode of the Cīna”).

ltc-l

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/

/sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/

/sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

She feels there's even a barrier between her few -stan neighbors, apathetic to them.

2018 October 15, 刘子超 (Liu Zichao), 《比什凯克 一座中亚边城的浮世绘》, in 《南方人物周刊》 [Southern People Weekly], →ISSN, issue 569, page 64

Tā duì jǐge sītǎn línjū gèng shì chōngmǎn géhé, háowú xìngqù.

她對幾個斯坦鄰居更是充滿隔閡，毫無興趣。

她对几个斯坦邻居更是充满隔阂，毫无兴趣。

-stan (frequently found in country and region names of Central Asia)

安資斯坦

安资斯坦

(often humorous) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country.

法蘭西斯坦

法兰西斯坦

(neologism, derogatory, ethnic slur) -stan (used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there)


斯坦

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/

/sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/

/sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

-stein (stone, often appearing as a part of a geographical or personal name)


法兒

If you dare to be my enemy, your manner of death will be very nasty!

Nǐ yàoshi gǎn gēn wǒ zuòduì, nǐ de sǐfǎr huì hěn nánkàn de!

你要是敢跟我作對，你的死法兒會很難看的！

你要是敢跟我作对，你的死法儿会很难看的！

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 法 (fǎ, “manner”).


乎乎

An expressive suffix for monosyllabic adjectives.


模子

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

(Wu) suffix for people with certain characteristics


梭梭

(Sichuanese) Ideophonic suffix used with some adjectives.


生生

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/


清光

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

成碟食清光


沙班

/ʂä⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/

/ʂä⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/

(pharmacology) -xaban (factor Xa inhibitor)


性戀

/ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/

Rebracketing of 同性戀／同性恋 (tóngxìngliàn), 異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn), etc.

zh-l

異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn)


淰淰

/ʂən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐm³⁵ sɐm³⁵/

/ʂən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐm³⁵ sɐm³⁵/

/nɐm²² nɐm²²/

/nɐm²² nɐm²²/


卡因

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/

利多卡因 ― lìduōkǎyīn ― lidocaine

普魯卡因／普鲁卡因 ― pǔlǔkǎyīn ― procaine


米松

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵/


流流

/lɐu̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

/lɐu̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

大節樓樓

大节楼楼


微子

/weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/weɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/weɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(physics) -ino (fermionic supersymmetric partner of a boson)