仆街

Chinese

		fall prostrate	street
simp. and trad. (仆街)		仆	街
alternative forms		踣街 PK

Etymology

Most likely simply a compound of 仆 (“to fall”) and 街 (“street”), literally "to fall onto the street". Some have suggested that it is derived from English poor guy, but this is dubious.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): puk¹ gaai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: puk¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: pūk gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: puk⁷ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pug¹ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊk̚⁵ käːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

仆街

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) bitch; jerk (Classifier: 個／个 m; 條／条 m)

   你條仆街去死啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   你条仆街去死啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ tiu⁴ puk¹ gaai¹ heoi³ sei² laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Go die, you bitch!

Verb

仆街

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) go to hell

   你去仆街啦！ [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ heoi³ puk¹ gaai¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Go to hell!

   仆你個街 / 仆你个街 [Cantonese]  ―  puk¹ nei⁵ go³ gaai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  Up your ass!

2. (Cantonese, vulgar) to be condemned

   今次我仆街喇！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   gam¹ ci³ ngo⁵ puk¹ gaai¹ laa³! [Jyutping]

   This time I'm fucked!

3. (Malaysia and Singapore Cantonese, slang) to be broke; to have no money

   我仆街咗。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ puk¹ gaai¹ zo². [Jyutping]  ―  I am broke.

See also

• 仆直

Descendants

• English: pok kai

Adjective

仆街

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) despicable; contemptible; evil

   你班生意佬咁仆街嘅？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ baan¹ saang¹ ji³ lou² gam³ puk¹ gaai¹ ge²? [Jyutping]

   Why you businessmen are so wicked?