we we wet wet

Chinese edit

Alternative forms edit

wi wi wet wet, v v wet wet

Etymology edit

Related to wet (“to go clubbing; to party”).

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wi¹ wi¹ wet⁷ wet⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wi¹ wi¹ wéd¹ wéd¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wiː⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵ wɛːt̚⁵ wɛːt̚⁵/

Verb edit

we we wet wet

(Cantonese) to have fun; to have a good time; to goof around
- 2016 July 15, 陳奕龍, “《發字精神》：發哥勉勵子華再開棟篤笑”, in 《東方日報》 [Oriental Daily News]‎^[1]:
  
  佢諗到頭都爆埋，去諗啲嘢引你哋笑，我就喺度we we wet wet，諗到咩講咩，佢哋好笑啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  佢谂到头都爆埋，去谂啲嘢引你哋笑，我就喺度we we wet wet，谂到咩讲咩，佢哋好笑啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  keoi⁵ nam² dou³ tau⁴ dou¹ baau³ maai⁴, heoi³ nam² di¹ je⁵ jan⁵ nei⁵ dei⁶ siu³, ngo⁵ zau⁶ hai² dou⁶ wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹, nam² dou³ me¹ gong² me¹, keoi⁵ dei⁶ hou² siu³ di¹. [Jyutping]
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- 2017 August 26, “麥明詩做乜講到喊？”, in 《獨立媒體》 [inmediahk.net]‎^[2]:
  
  相反男人就四十一枝花，仲有大把本錢出去玩，同後生一截的女仔we we wet wet都無問題。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  相反男人就四十一枝花，仲有大把本钱出去玩，同后生一截的女仔we we wet wet都无问题。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  soeng¹ faan² naam⁴ jan^4-2 zau⁶ sei³ sap⁶ jat¹ zi¹ faa¹, zung⁶ jau⁵ daai⁶ baa² bun² cin⁴ ceot¹ heoi³ waan^4-2, tung⁴ hau⁶ sang¹ jat¹ zit⁶ dik¹ neoi⁵ zai² wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹ dou¹ mou⁵ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]
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