花臣

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (花臣)		花	臣
simp. ^#(花臣)		花	臣

Etymology

From English fashion. Doublet of fashion.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ san^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ san^4-2
  - Yale: fā sán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ san^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ sen^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

花臣

(Cantonese) tricks; gimmicks
- 依家識朋友方便好多，又可以執相，有好多花臣，不過虛擬世界始終不及以前好，以前可以面對面交談，感覺直接好多，更真實。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  依家识朋友方便好多，又可以执相，有好多花臣，不过虚拟世界始终不及以前好，以前可以面对面交谈，感觉直接好多，更真实。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2018 January 20, 《使乜驚大兩Gen》黃文慧潮玩交友App 執相呃Like無難度, in 《成報》, page B04
  ji¹ gaa¹ sik¹ pang⁴ jau⁵ fong¹ bin⁶ hou² do¹, jau⁶ ho² ji⁵ zap¹ soeng^3-2, jau⁵ hou² do¹ faa¹ san^4-2, bat¹ gwo³ heoi¹ ji⁵ sai³ gaai³ ci² zung¹ bat¹ gap⁶ ji⁵ cin⁴ hou², ji⁵ cin⁴ ho² ji⁵ min⁶ deoi³ min⁶ gaau¹ taam⁴, gam² gok³ zik⁶ zip³ hou² do¹, gang³ zan¹ sat⁶. [Jyutping]
  It's much easier to meet new friends now. You can edit photos, and there are many tricks, but the virtual world is still not as good as before. Before, you could talk face to face. It felt much more direct and real.

References

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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