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咖啡妹
kaa3 fe1 mui6*1
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[港][俗] female traffic warden — so called due to their brown uniforms. Pretty complimentary really, considering the colour could be representative of many other things... Level: 3 Google Frequency: 5,230 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 27th Sep 2009 14:58 |
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Characters in this word:咖 gaa3 - used in transliteration啡 fe1 fei1 - brown 妹 mui6 mui6*2 mui6*1 - younger sister |
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