藍剔

Chinese

		blue	tick; checkmark
trad. (藍剔)		藍	剔
simp. (蓝剔)		蓝	剔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ tik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ tik¹
    • Yale: làahm tīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ tik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ tig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ tʰɪk̚⁵/

Noun

藍剔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) blue checkmark indicating that a WhatsApp message is read (Classifier: 個／个 c)
   • 2020, “隔離”, 陳耀森 [Yiu Sum], 朱敏希 [KW] (lyrics), 嚴曉蕾 [Racy Yim] (music)‎^[1]performed by 陳凱詠 [Jace Chan]:

     藍剔　誘惑我等他 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     蓝剔　诱惑我等他 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     laam⁴ tik¹, jau⁵ waak⁶ ngo⁵ dang² taa¹ [Jyutping]

     The blue checkmark is tempting me to wait for him

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media, neologism) blue checkmark; verified account

Verb

藍剔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, transitive) to leave someone on read on WhatsApp; to bluetick
   • 2019, Tang Cheuk Kit, CSESS Journal, issue 2018–2019‎^[2], page 5:

     「Heyy，做咩藍剔我」，即使呀傑嘅Whatsapp熄咗依個功能，佢都會知道你究竟讀咗佢嘅訊息未。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「Heyy，做咩蓝剔我」，即使呀杰嘅Whatsapp熄咗依个功能，佢都会知道你究竟读咗佢嘅讯息未。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     “Heyy, zou⁶ me¹ laam⁴ tik¹ ngo⁵”, zik¹ si² aa³ git⁶ ge³ Whatsapp sik¹ zo² ji¹ go³ gung¹ nang⁴, keoi⁵ dou¹ wui⁵ zi¹ dou³ nei⁵ gau³ ging² duk⁶ zo² keoi⁵ ge³ seon³ sik¹ mei⁶. [Jyutping]

     "Heyy, why are you R-bombing me", even though Kit turned off this function on Whatsapp, he will know if you have read his messages.