we we wet wet

Chinese

Alternative forms

• wi wi wet wet, v v wet wet

Etymology

Related to wet (“to go clubbing; to party”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wi¹ wi¹ wet¹ wet¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wi¹ wi¹ wet⁷ wet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wi¹ wi¹ wéd¹ wéd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wiː⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵ wɛːt̚⁵ wɛːt̚⁵/

Verb

we we wet wet

1. (Cantonese) to have fun; to have a good time; to goof around
   • 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]‎^[1]:

     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]

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   • 2017 August 26, “麥明詩做乜講到喊？”, in 《獨立媒體》 [inmediahk.net]‎^[2]:

     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]

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