蝦蝦霸霸

Chinese

		shrimp; prawn	shrimp; prawn	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (蝦蝦霸霸)		蝦	蝦	霸	霸
simp. (虾虾霸霸)		虾	虾	霸	霸
alternative forms		哈哈霸霸

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ haa¹ baa³ baa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ haa¹ baa³ baa³
    • Yale: hā hā ba ba
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ haa¹ baa³ baa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ ha¹ ba³ ba³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵ paː³³ paː³³/

Verb

蝦蝦霸霸

1. (Cantonese) to go around bullying others
   • 1953, 余幹之 [Yu Kon-chi], directed by 李鐵 [Lee Tit], 《危樓春曉》 [In the Face of Demolition]‎^[1], spoken by 梁威 [Leung Wai] (吳楚帆 [Ng Cho Fan]):

     我呢世人呢吓，就最憎人哋欺貧重富蝦蝦霸霸啲噉嘅人嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我呢世人呢吓，就最憎人哋欺贫重富虾虾霸霸啲噉嘅人嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ nei¹ sai³ jan⁴ ne¹ haa², zau⁶ zeoi³ zang¹ jan⁴ dei⁶ hei¹ pan⁴ zung⁶ fu³ haa¹ haa¹ baa³ baa³ di¹ gam² ge³ jan⁴ ge³. [Jyutping]

     In my whole life, I hate people who look down on the poor, value the rich, and go around bullying others the most.