gam6 cin2㩒錢㩒钱
Jyutpinggam6 cin2
Yalegahm chín
Definition
To withdraw money from an ATM, or to blackmail someone for money.
- to withdraw money from an ATM
- slangto blackmail a person for money
colloquialmoneydaily actions
How it's used
The meaning shifts entirely based on the object of the verb. When used with an ATM, it is a standard daily activity, but when used with a person as the object, it implies extortion or aggressive financial exploitation. Context is usually sufficient to distinguish the two, as the former is almost always followed by a location or implied bank visit.
Examples
He is always blackmailing people for money, it is really outrageous.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 撳鐘, which means to press a doorbell. While the characters 㩒 and 撳 are often used interchangeably in casual typing for the action of pressing, 㩒錢 is the fixed phrase for these specific financial meanings.
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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.
