熱狗巴 (jit6 gau2 baa1 | ) : hot dog bus, non air-conditioned bus

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熱狗巴

jit6 gau2 baa1

non air-conditioned bus (Lit. hot dog bus),
puns/word play, phonetic mix-ups between 九巴 gau2 baa1 "KMB bus" and 熱狗 jit6 gau2 "hot dog", because the very hot temperature inside the older KMB buses during the summer

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

熱狗巴 / 热狗巴

This word has been viewed 2196 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 11th Nov 2011 03:06 and last edited on 11th Nov 2011 06:29

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熱 jit6 - hot
狗 gau2 - dog
巴 baa1 - bus; hope earnestly; cling to; crust

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