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As world falls in love with Squid Game, learn some Cantonese words related to the K-drama
Luisa TamNick Dearman
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Hit dystopian K-drama Squid Game is a worldwide phenomenon that has made millions more people obsessed with Korean TV dramas since it was released in September 2021. Join the squid craze with Luisa Tam and learn some related Cantonese phrases.

October 11, 2021
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煲水新聞
bou1 seoi2 san1 man4 jyutping
bao1 shui3 xin1 wen2 pinyin
news without substantial facts; gossip news; fabricated news

noun

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵
煲水新聞 / 煲水新闻

This word has been viewed 1306 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 2nd Apr 2010 03:42 and last edited on 5th Apr 2010 22:47
Characters in this word:
煲 bou1 - cooker; boiler; cook; stew
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)
新 san1 - new; novel; fresh; beginning
聞 man4 man6 - hear; smell; news
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/53988/

私生飯

Cantonese (Jyutping): si1 sang1 faan6
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Jyutping: si1 sang1 faan6
Yale: sī sāng faahn
Cantonese Pinyin: si1 sang1 faan6
Guangdong Romanization: xi1 seng1 fan6
Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ fäːn²²/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A7%81%E7%94%9F%E9%A3%AF