we we wet wet

• wi wi wet wet, v v wet wet, wee wee wet wet

Related to wet (wet¹, “to go clubbing; to party”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. What is we (wi¹)? Is it English we?

we we wet wet

1. (Cantonese, intransitive) to have fun; to have a good time; to goof around
   • 1999 June 25, 聖安多尼, “一個冇話可說的人”, in hk.talk.love‎^[1] (Usenet):

     你都可以做 we-we-wet-wet 既飛仔㗎,
     咁啲女咪冧你囉!

     You can also be a hooligan who goofs around. Then girls would come after you!

   • 2006 December 1, “發叔自爆選美老資格”, in 《文匯報》 [Wen Wei Po]‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 August 2009:

     至於另一愛將林偉強，他則以「We We Wet Wet」來形容，笑說他最叻花言巧語，「講正經事也愛搞氣氛，有他在場就無悶場。」

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016 July 15, 陳奕龍, “《發字精神》：發哥勉勵子華再開棟篤笑”, in 《東方日報》 [Oriental Daily News]‎^[3]:

     佢諗到頭都爆埋，去諗啲嘢引你哋笑，我就喺度we we wet wet，諗到咩講咩，佢哋好笑啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢谂到头都爆埋，去谂啲嘢引你哋笑，我就喺度we we wet wet，谂到咩讲咩，佢哋好笑啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     keoi⁵ nam² dou³ tau⁴ dou¹ baau³ maai⁴, heoi³ nam² di¹ je⁵ jan⁵ nei⁵ dei⁶ siu³, ngo⁵ zau⁶ hai² dou⁶ wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹, nam² dou³ me¹ gong² me¹, keoi⁵ dei⁶ hou² siu³ di¹. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017 August 26, “麥明詩做乜講到喊？”, in 《獨立媒體》 [inmediahk.net]‎^[4]:

     相反男人就四十一枝花，仲有大把本錢出去玩，同後生一截的女仔we we wet wet都無問題。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     相反男人就四十一枝花，仲有大把本钱出去玩，同后生一截的女仔we we wet wet都无问题。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     soeng¹ faan² naam⁴ jan^4-2 zau⁶ sei³ sap⁶ jat¹ zi¹ faa¹, zung⁶ jau⁵ daai⁶ baa² bun² cin⁴ ceot¹ heoi³ waan^4-2, tung⁴ hau⁶ sang¹ jat¹ zit⁶ dik¹ neoi⁵ zai² wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹ dou¹ mou⁵ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 428