pok3 hak1 paai2撲克牌扑克牌
Jyutpingpok3 hak1 paai2
Yalepok hāk páai
Definition
Playing cards; poker cards.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
While 撲克牌 is understood, native speakers almost exclusively use 啤牌 in daily life. The term is a direct loan from the English word beer, which was phonetically adapted to refer to playing cards in local parlance. It is versatile enough to cover both the specific game of poker and any standard deck of cards used for games like Big Two or Fight the Landlord.
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