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的士錢dik1 si2 cin2literally: taxi money; money given by a customer to a prostitute that he has called but has decided that he does not want her service after she arrived [colloquial]的時候dik1 si4 hau6when; at the time of; during [written]的的式式dik1 dik1 sik1 sik1small; tiny [colloquial]皆不gaai1 bat1neither; all do not [written]皆無gaai1 mou4nil; all don't have [written]皇家飯wong4 gaa1 faan6prison food [colloquial]皇牌wong4 paai2trump card [colloquial]皮肉錢pei4 juk6 cin2money from prostitution [colloquial]盈虧平衡點jing4 kwai1 ping4 hang4 dim2break even point [written and colloquial]盡地一舖zeon6 dei6 jat1 pou3to risk all one have remaining on a bet [colloquial]盡早zeon6 zou2as early as possible [colloquial]𥄫住gap6 zyu6to keep an eye on; to watch someone ; something closely [colloquial]𥄫嘢gap6 je5to peep; to snoop around [colloquial]目錄表muk6 luk6 biu2a catalogue [written and colloquial]盲中中maang4 zung1 zung1to do things blindly; to not look where one is going [colloquial]盲字都唔識多隻maang4 zi6 dou1 m4 sik1 do1 zi6illiterate [colloquial]盲拳打死老師父maang4 kyun4 daa2 sei2 lou5 si1 fu2to defeat a more skilful or experienced person by sheer fluke [colloquial]盲炳maang4 bing2an idiot; an useless person [colloquial]直畢甩zik6 bat1 lat1being straight to the point; perfectly straight; bolt upright [colloquial]相嗌唔好口soeng1 aai3 m4 hou2 hau2for the sake of peace, bury the hatchet [colloquial]省到一面屁saang2 dou3 jat1 min6 pei3to be told of severely by someone [colloquial]省招牌saang2 ziu1 paai4to bring honour ; credit upon an affiliated society and boosting its reputation [colloquial]看門狗hon1 mun4 gau2a guard dog [written and colloquial]真朵zan1 do2a powerful person or gang who has been successfully invoked by someone for protection [colloquial]真空上陣zan1 hung1 soeng5 zan6to wear revealing clothes and not wearing a bra inside [colloquial]眨吓眼zaam2 haa5 ngaan5in a very short time; in the blink of an eye [colloquial]眼厲厲ngaan5 lai6 lai6to give a warning glance to someone [colloquial]眼啤啤ngaan5 be1 be1to stare [colloquial]眼尾都唔望ngaan5 mei5 dou1 m4 mong6to deliberately not look at someone; to deliberately ignore someone [colloquial]眼屎乾淨盲ngaan5 si2 gon1 zeng6 maang4willful ignorance; out of sight, out of mind [colloquial]眼盲嘅ngaan5 maang4 ge3blind [colloquial]睇下tai2 haa6to take a look; to check something out [colloquial]