巴打

Chinese

	phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴打)	巴	打
alternative forms	爸打
anagram	打巴

Etymology

Borrowed from English brother.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ daa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ daa²
  - Yale: bā dá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ daa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ da²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

Noun

巴打

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) brother; bro; male netizen

Usage notes

This term and its female equivalent 絲打 / 丝打 (si¹ daa²) are chiefly used on the discussion boards HKGolden and LIHKG, of which the latter was split from the former. The usage of this term outside these two websites was originally rare, but was later popularized due to their heavy influences on the Hong Kong Internet culture.

Coordinate terms

絲打／丝打 (“sister”)