9up

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 鳩噏／鸠噏 (gau¹ ap¹, gau¹ ngap¹). Equivalent to 9 (gau¹) +‎ up (ap¹, ngap¹).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ ap¹, gau¹ ngap¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau¹ ap¹, gau¹ ngap¹
  - Yale: gāu āp, gāu ngāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ ap⁷, gau¹ ngap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ eb¹, geo¹ ngeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ ɐp̚⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵/

Verb

9up

(Hong Kong Cantonese, leetspeak, vulgar) to talk nonsense; to bullshit

Derived terms

9upped
9upper
9upping

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