搓波 (caai1 bo1 | ) : hitting a ball back and forth

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搓波

caai1 bo1

[1] hitting a ball (pingpong ball, tennis ball, volleyball, basketball, football, etc) back and forth between two players usu as sort of warm-up before a match (i,e, rallying), sometimes as sort of delaying tactic during the game
[2] [humorous] fondle a female's breast
[3] [slang] pass the buck

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

搓波

This word has been viewed 2854 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 6th Jun 2008 17:07 and last edited on 27th Jul 2013 00:19

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搓 co1 caai1 - rub between the hands
波 bo1 - waves; unexpected changes; ball; gear

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我哋嚟搓波先粵
Let's have a rally to warm up.
[[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]

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