灰機

Chinese

		disheartened	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (灰機)		灰	機
simp. (灰机)		灰	机

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 屈機?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ gei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ gei¹
    • Yale: fūi gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

灰機

1. (Cantonese, neologism) disappointed; disheartened

   • 本來我哋晏晝拍，但係已經去到差唔多拍幾下就已經天黑咗，噉就有啲灰機啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     本来我哋晏昼拍，但系已经去到差唔多拍几下就已经天黑咗，噉就有啲灰机啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2023, Terence Lam in an interview

     bun² loi⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ aan³ zau³ paak³, daan⁶ hai⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ heoi³ dou³ caa¹ m⁴ do¹ paak³ gei² haa⁶ zau⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ tin¹ hak¹ zo², gam² zau⁶ jau⁵ di¹ fui¹ gei¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]

     Originally, we were going to shoot in the afternoon, but already when we got there, after shooting almost just a few shots, it was already dark. So we were a little disappointed.