9up

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 鳩噏／鸠噏 (gau¹ ngap¹). Equivalent to 9 (gau¹) +‎ up (ngap¹).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ ngap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹ ngap¹
    • Yale: gāu ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵/

Verb

9up

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, leetspeak, vulgar) to talk nonsense; to bullshit

Derived terms

• 9upped
• 9upper
• 9upping