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白滾水

baak6 gwan2 seoi2

bai2 gun3 shui3

plain (boiled) water

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

白滾水

This word was added by bernard on 17th Jul 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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白 baak6 bai2 - white; clear; pure
滾 gwan2 kwan2 gun3 gun4 - boiled
水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money

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麻煩你畀杯白滾水我粵 edit
I'd have to trouble you for a glass of plain water

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