巴打

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴打)		巴	打
alternative forms		爸打
anagram		打巴

Etymology

Borrowed from English brother.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ daa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ daa²
    • Yale: bā dá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ daa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ da²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

Noun

巴打

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) brother; bro; male netizen

Usage notes

This term and its female equivalent 絲打／丝打 (si¹ daa²) are chiefly used on the discussion boards HKGolden and LIHKG, of which the latter was split from the former. The usage of this term outside these two websites was originally rare, but was later popularized due to their heavy influences on the Hong Kong Internet culture.

Coordinate terms

• 絲打／丝打 (“sister”)

See also

• 花打 (faa¹ daa²)
• 媽打／妈打 (maa¹ daa²)