撇s

Chinese

		(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away
simp. and trad. (撇s)		撇	s

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Verb

撇s

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous) to leave
   • 2020, 爆肚兄弟, 《爆肚兄弟食評集》, page 38:

     此地不宜久地，於是將所有食物打包，速撇s。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     此地不宜久地，于是将所有食物打包，速撇s。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ci² dei⁶ bat¹ ji⁴ gau² dei⁶, jyu¹ si⁶ zoeng¹ so² jau⁵ sik⁶ mat⁶ daa² baau¹, cuk¹ pis³. [Jyutping]

     It is not advisable to stay here for long, so I packed all the food and booked it.

   • 2022, Aman Chiu, 《港式地道俗語中英Guide》 [A Fun Guide to Hong Kong Slang], Hong Kong: 明窗出版社, →ISBN, page 178:

     如果冇乜事要我幫手，咁我就先撇s喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     如果冇乜事要我帮手，咁我就先撇s喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     jyu⁴ gwo² mou⁵ mat¹ si⁶ jiu³ ngo⁵ bong¹ sau², gam² ngo⁵ zau⁶ sin¹ pis³ laa³. [Jyutping]

     If there's nothing I can help, then I leave first.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Singapore	走, 離開
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	走
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Xining	走
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	走
	Ürümqi	走
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	走
	Wuhan	走
	Guiyang	走
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	走
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走, 扯
	Hong Kong	走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走
Hakka	Meixian	走
	Yudu	走
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Southern Min	Taipei	走 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)