夠薑

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	ginger
trad. (夠薑)		夠	薑
simp. (够姜)		够	姜
Literally: “having enough ginger”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ goeng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ goeng¹
    • Yale: gau gēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ goeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ gêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

夠薑

1. (Cantonese) brave; courageous; having guts

   • 夠薑就一針打撚死我，阿叔嚇大嘅，屌你老母！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     够姜就一针打撚死我，阿叔吓大嘅，屌你老母！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1990, Triad Story

     gau³ goeng¹ zau⁶ jat¹ zam¹ daa² lan² sei² ngo⁵, aa³ suk¹ haak³ daai⁶ ge³, diu² nei⁵ lou⁵ mou^5-2! [Jyutping]

     If you've got guts, jab me to death! I'm not afraid. Fuck you!

Synonyms

• (informal) 有種／有种 (yǒuzhǒng)