Sunday, August 06, 2006

dogsbody

  • Meaning: [British slang] servant (esp. home servant)
  • In Hong Kong slang: 賓妹,菲妹,阿菲,菲姐姐
  • In older Hong Kong slang: 丫麻 (ahma -- which is probably a Chinese term 阿媽 translated into local Hong Kong style English and then retranslated into Cantonese)
  • In contemporary decent Hong Kong Cantonese: 家務助理
  • In decent Chinese:  家傭,傭人

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