呃like

Chinese

		to swindle; to scam	like; appreciation; approval
simp. and trad. (呃like)		呃	like

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ lai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aak¹ lai¹
    • Yale: āak lāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ lai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ lei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ lɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

呃like

1. (Cantonese, neologism) to attract likes on social media

   佢為咗呃like，竟然生吞八爪魚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢为咗呃like，竟然生吞八爪鱼。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ wai⁶ zo² aak¹ like, ging² jin⁴ saang¹ tan¹ baat³ zaau² jyu⁴. [Jyutping]

   He went so far as to swallow an octopus raw to get likes (on social media).