9up
Chinese
Etymology
Irregular romanisation of 鳩噏 / 鸠噏 (gau1 ngap1). Equivalent to 9 (gau1) + up (ngap1).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau1 ngap1
- Yale: gāu ngāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau1 ngap7
- Guangdong Romanization: geo1 ngeb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
9up
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, leetspeak, vulgar) to talk nonsense; to bullshit
Derived terms
- 9upped
- 9upper
- 9upping