jau5 ziu1 sik6有蕉食
Jyutpingjau5 ziu1 sik6
Yaleyáuh jīu sihk
Definition
To get a customer or a booking (used by taxi drivers).
colloquialtransportslang
How it's used
This is a specific piece of taxi driver jargon that refers to picking up a passenger. The term likely stems from the visual similarity between a banana and a passenger waiting on a street corner, or perhaps the idea of a 'sweet' or 'ripe' opportunity for profit. It is almost exclusively used by professional drivers and is rarely heard outside of that context.
Examples
It is really hard to get a passenger at this spot right now.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this term in a general context to mean having food or eating fruit, as it will cause confusion. It is strictly limited to the professional slang of the taxi industry.
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
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.
