call G

Chinese

Alternative forms

callg

Etymology

call (“to call; to summon”) +‎ G (“female prostitute”), from English call +‎ Mandarin 雞／鸡 (jī). Compare 召妓 (ziu⁶ gei⁶, “to visit a female prostitute”, literally “to summon a prostitute”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ko¹ zi¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ko¹ zi¹
  - Yale: kō jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ko¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ko¹ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

call⫽G (verb-object)

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) to visit a female prostitute

Synonyms

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