gai1 pin2雞片鸡片
Jyutpinggai1 pin2
Yalegāi pín
Definition
Slices of chicken meat, or slang for a bad movie.
- chicken slices; sliced chicken meat
- slanga bad film; a terrible movie
colloquialfoodslang
How it's used
Beyond the literal meaning of sliced chicken, this term is common slang for a low quality or boring movie. It carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the film is not worth the ticket price or time. Using it to describe a movie is a very casual way to express disappointment.
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dip2碟dípExamples
The chicken slices at this restaurant are very smooth.
The movie I watched earlier was really a bad film.
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Common mistake
Be careful not to confuse this with 雞皮, which refers to chicken skin. The pronunciation difference is subtle for beginners, but the meanings are completely unrelated.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
