cam man

Chinese

Alternative forms

• camman

Etymology

Clipping of English cameraman. Equivalent to cam +‎ English -man.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kem¹ men¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kem¹ men¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kem¹ men¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːm⁵⁵ mɛːn⁵⁵/

Noun

cam man

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) cameraman
   • 2018, “太陽花 Rape That Sun Flower”, performed by 光頭幫 TomFatKi:

     幾多點　十二點　三十幾度當鍛煉　兩個camman當做gym [Cantonese, trad.]
     几多点　十二点　三十几度当锻炼　两个camman当做gym [Cantonese, simp.]

     gei² do¹ dim², sap⁶ ji⁶ dim², saam¹ sap⁶ gei² dou⁶ dong³ dyun³ lin⁶, loeng⁵ go³ kem¹ men¹ dong³ zou⁶ zim¹ [Jyutping]

     What time is it? Twelve o'clock. Thirty-something degrees, think of it as training. The two cameramen treats it as working out at a gym