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街市阿嬸

gaai1 si5 aa3 sam2

a loudmouth cursing gossiping "auntie"

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

街市阿嬸

This word was added by bybell on 4th Mar 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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街 gaai1 jie1 - street
市 si5 shi4 - market; marketplace
阿 aa3 o1 aa2 aa1 a3 a5 a2 e1 - name or term of address prefix
嬸 sam2 shen3 {shen5} | shen5 {shen3} - [1] [n] aunt (the wife of one's father's you

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