There's so many types of water in the Cantonese culture. We really need to submerge in the culture in order to get to learn what they all mean!
大家都知道廣東話有好多種「水」,應用組合層出不窮!快D攞番幾種去教下我地D外國朋友啦!
命水 life water = fate
心水 heart water = something of your favourite, eg. favourite lucky number
威水 proud water = feeling proud
縮水 shrink water = shrinking
提水 hinting water = hinting
吹水 blowing water = casual chatting (used informally)
睇水 watching water = on the lookout
曡水 piling water = being rich
度水 measure water = asking for money
撲水 pounce for water = asking for money desperately
掠水 rob my water = being cheated on money
回水 give back my water = asking for money back
磅水 weigh water = paying up
散水 spread water = to depart separately from a group event
醒水 smart water = to be smart
乜水 who water = used when you are uncertain about something/someone
凍過水 colder than water = hopeless
浸咸水 soak in salt water = having studied overseas
半桶水 half bucket water = just so-so at something
水鬥水 water versus water = competing amongst the below-average
整色整水 make colour make water = making attention-grabbing but unnecessary acts
唔湯唔水 not soup not water = to be stuck in the middle of a progress
一頭霧水 one head dew water = to have no idea what is going on
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