黎生

Chinese

		surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (黎生)		黎	生
simp. #(黎生)		黎	生
Literally: “Mr. Lai”.

Etymology

From a metro passenger named Mr. Lai who was interviewed on August 5, 2019, during the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests by Cable News Hong Kong. He criticised the civil disobedience movements in MTR stations, stating "My demand is to go to work".

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ saang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴ saang¹
    • Yale: làih sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

黎生

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) one who treats their job as top priority

Adjective

黎生

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) treating one's job as top priority

Further reading

• 香港網絡大典[EVCHK] 我嘅訴求就係想返工[My demand is to go to work]