sor9ry

Chinese

Alternative forms

• sor鳩ry / sor鸠ry, sor9ly, sorr9y, so99y

Etymology

Tmesis of English sorry + 鳩 / 鸠 (gau¹, “freaking”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ gau¹ li⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ gau¹ li⁴
    • Yale: sō gāu lìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ gau¹ li⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ geo¹ li⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵ liː²¹/

Interjection

sor9ry

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, vulgar, sometimes humorous or sarcastic) fucking sorry

   • 禾真系好能有仙氣對吾住　系米好能嬲呢梳9梨 [Cantonese, trad.]
     禾真系好能有仙气对吾住　系米好能嬲呢梳9梨 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2023, 【粗口版】好撚可愛對吾住

     ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² lan² jau⁵ sin¹ hei³ deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, hai⁶ mai⁶ hou² lan² nau¹ ne¹ so¹ gau¹ li⁴ [Jyutping]

     I'm sorry for my fucking divine looks / Are you mad? If so I'm sorry!

Related terms

• sor9, sor
• exact7ly