tung1 haang1 keoi4通坑渠
Jyutpingtung1 haang1 keoi4
Yaletūng hāang kèuih
Definition
To nutmeg; to pass or shoot a soccer ball between an opponent's legs.
colloquialsports
How it's used
This term vividly compares the act of passing a ball through a defender's legs to the manual labor of clearing a clogged sewer pipe with a rod. It is exclusively used in the context of sports, particularly football, to describe a skillful or humiliating maneuver. While it sounds crude, it is the standard, widely accepted term among players and fans in Hong Kong.
Examples
He really loves nutmegging people on the pitch.
Related words
Common phrases
to get nutmegged
to successfully perform a nutmeg
Common mistake
Do not use this term in a literal sense to describe actual plumbing work, as it is strictly reserved for football slang. Using it outside of a sports context will cause confusion or be misinterpreted as a bizarre joke.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
