貨仔

Chinese

		goods; money; commodity	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (貨仔)		貨	仔
simp. (货仔)		货	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo³ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo³ zai²
    • Yale: fo jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo³ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo³ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

貨仔

1. (Cantonese) something that has little value, has low quality, lasts for a short time, etc.
   • 1976, 鍾濟深, directed by 招振強, 《狂潮》 [Hotel]‎^[1], episode 54:

     幾銀嘢貨仔，你驚會係真嘅咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     几银嘢货仔，你惊会系真嘅咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     gei² ngan⁴ je⁵ fo³ zai², nei⁵ geng¹ wui⁵ hai⁶ zan¹ ge³ me¹? [Jyutping]

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   • 2012, 王貽興 [Ong Yi Hing], 《原來戀愛6》, Hong Kong: 日閲堂出版社, →ISBN, page 34:

     用一百萬買回來的單位，你的要求不會很高，即使漏水有蟻亦會覺得正常，反正只是一百萬貨仔，還好吧 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     用一百万买回来的单位，你的要求不会很高，即使漏水有蚁亦会觉得正常，反正只是一百万货仔，还好吧 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jung⁶ jat¹ baak³ maan⁶ maai⁵ wui⁴ loi⁴ dik¹ daan¹ wai^6-2, nei⁵ dik¹ jiu¹ kau⁴ bat¹ wui⁵ han² gou¹, zik¹ si² lau⁶ seoi² jau⁵ ngai⁵ jik⁶ wui⁵ gok³ dak¹ zing³ soeng⁴, faan² zing³ zi² si⁶ jat¹ baak³ maan⁶ fo³ zai², waan⁴ hou² baa⁶ [Jyutping]

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   • 2018 January 24, 李慶全, quoting 黃子華 [Dayo Wong], “黃子華恭維阿佘是巨星”, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po], page A25:

     現在阿佘很有巨星feel，這是社會給她的一個認同的狀態，她拍戲現在斷億計，不再是幾千萬的貨仔！ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     现在阿佘很有巨星feel，这是社会给她的一个认同的状态，她拍戏现在断亿计，不再是几千万的货仔！ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jin⁶ zoi⁶ aa³ se⁴ han² jau⁵ geoi⁶ sing¹ fiu¹, ze² si⁶ se⁵ wui^6-2 kap¹ taa¹ dik¹ jat¹ go³ jing⁶ tung⁴ dik¹ zong⁶ taai³, taa¹ paak³ hei³ jin⁶ zoi⁶ dyun³ jik¹ gai³, bat¹ zoi³ si⁶ gei² cin¹ maan⁶ dik¹ fo³ zai²! [Jyutping]

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   • 2019, 紙情, 《有些愛　錯過了就回不去》, Hong Kong: 孤泣工作室, →ISBN, page 16:

     Chris曾經拍過8次拖，每次維持幾個月左右，最長都只係半年貨仔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     Chris曾经拍过8次拖，每次维持几个月左右，最长都只系半年货仔。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Chris cang⁴ ging¹ paak³ gwo³ baat³ ci³ to¹, mui⁵ ci³ wai⁴ ci⁴ gei² go³ jyut⁶ zo² jau^6-2, zeoi³ coeng⁴ dou¹ zi² hai⁶ bun³ nin⁴ fo³ zai². [Jyutping]

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