亞皆老街

Chinese

		phonetic	street
trad. (亞皆老街)		亞皆老	街
simp. (亚皆老街)		亚皆老	街

Etymology

Synonym of 仆街

Originally used in the word censor implemented in Hong Kong Golden Forum as the substitute for 卜街, deliberate misspelling of 仆街 (puk¹ gaai¹).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàjiēlǎo Jiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ gaai¹ lou⁵ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàjiēlǎo Jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yàjielǎo Jie
    • Wade–Giles: Ya⁴-chieh¹-lao³ Chieh¹
    • Yale: Yà-jyē-lǎu Jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yahjielao Jie
    • Palladius: Яцзелао Цзе (Jaczelao Cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ gaai¹ lou⁵ gaai¹
    • Yale: a gāai lóuh gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ gaai¹ lou⁵ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ gai¹ lou⁵ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

亞皆老街

1. Argyle Street (a street in Hong Kong)

Verb

亞皆⫽老街 (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous, neologism) Synonym of 仆街

   Synonym: hihi

   • 2012, 0:09 from the start, in 《aTV 亞洲電視55周年台慶宣傳片》（alternate version） [Asia Televison 55th anniversary promo (alternate version)]‎^[1], 姜皓文 [Philip Keung] (actor):

     亞皆你個老街吖，亞洲電視嚟嘅喂！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     亚皆你个老街吖，亚洲电视嚟嘅喂！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     aa³ gaai¹ nei⁵ go³ lou⁵ gaai¹ aa¹, aa³ zau¹ din⁶ si⁶ lai⁴ ge² wai³! [Jyutping]

     Dang it, it's Asia Televison!

See also

• hi
• hi auntie
• 向左走向右走 (hoeng³ zo² zau² hoeng³ jau⁶ zau²)