tek3 bo1踢波
Jyutpingtek3 bo1
Yaletek bō
Definition
To play association football; literally to kick a ball.
Example
ngo5我dei6哋heoi3去gung1公jyun2園tek3踢bo1波。
ngo5我dei6哋heoi3去gung1公jyun2园tek3踢bo1波。
Let's go play soccer in the park.
colloquialsportswork
How it's used
Refers specifically to the sport of football, but it is also used as a slang term in office culture to mean passing the buck or shifting responsibility to someone else. When used in this metaphorical sense, it implies avoiding work by pushing tasks onto colleagues. It is a very common, casual way to describe both the physical activity and the workplace behavior.
Examples
Are you free to play football tomorrow?
Related words
Common phrases
to play football until one's legs are weak
Common mistake
Do not confuse the literal meaning of playing sports with the metaphorical use of passing responsibility to others, as context is essential to distinguish between the two.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
