廢柴
See also: 废柴
Chinese edit
| abolish; crippled | firewood | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (廢柴) | 廢 | 柴 | |
| simp. (废柴) | 废 | 柴 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
廢柴
- (originally Cantonese) worthless person; useless person; good-for-nothing (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- 一年前，校長條八婆踢咗我出校，佢同我講，佢話：「阿木，你不如唔好叫阿木，你索性就叫條廢柴啦你！」之後我諗得好清楚，我要話畀全世界人知道，我阿木唔係廢柴，我要做車手！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2005, Initial D (spoken by Chapman To as Itsuki Tachibana)
- jat1 nin4 cin4, haau3 zoeng2 tiu4 baat3 po4 tek3 zo2 ngo5 ceot1 haau3, keoi5 tung4 ngo5 gong2, keoi5 waa6: “aa3 muk6, nei5 bat1 jyu4 m4 hou2 giu3 aa3 muk6, nei5 sok3 sing3 zau6 giu3 tiu4 fai3 caai4 laa1 nei5!” zi1 hau6 ngo5 nam2 dak1 hou2 cing1 co2, ngo5 jiu3 waa6 bei2 cyun4 sai3 gaai3 jan4 zi1 dou3, ngo5 aa3 muk6 m4 hai6 fai3 caai4, ngo5 jiu3 zou6 ce1 sau2! [Jyutping]
- One year ago, the damn principal kicked me out of school, she said to me, she said, “Itsuki, you'd better not to be called Itsuki, you should be simply called trash instead!” Then I thought thoroughly, and I decided that I should tell the world that, I, Itsuki, am not trash! I'll be a racing driver!
一年前，校长条八婆踢咗我出校，佢同我讲，佢话：「阿木，你不如唔好叫阿木，你索性就叫条废柴啦你！」之后我谂得好清楚，我要话畀全世界人知道，我阿木唔系废柴，我要做车手！ [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]