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激氣

gik1 hei3

annoying; irritating; pissed off, as a quality(noun)

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 21,600

激氣

激 gik1 jiao4 jiao1 ji2 ji1 {ji5} | ji5 - [1] [v] stir up; arouse; excite; incite; urge
氣 hei3 qi4 - gas; air; breath; anger

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個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵 edit
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

This word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 and last edited on 5th Feb 2008

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