9upper

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 9uper

Etymology

9up +‎ English -er.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ ngap¹ baa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹ ngap¹ baa⁴
    • Yale: gāu ngāp bàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ ngap⁷ baa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ ngeb¹ ba⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵ paː²¹/

Noun

9upper

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak, vulgar) bullshitter; one who talks nonsense
   • 2015, 少少肥, 自修室‧學界嘅蘭桂坊, 日閱堂, →ISBN, page 137:

     第二日，考通識，我呢啲專業「9upper」考通識特別得心應手，加上自己作文底幾好，雖然自己鳩噏完一大輪都唔知自己噏乜，之不過應該過到骨嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     第二日，考通识，我呢啲专业「9upper」考通识特别得心应手，加上自己作文底几好，虽然自己鸠噏完一大轮都唔知自己噏乜，之不过应该过到骨嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     dai⁶ ji⁶ jat⁶, haau² tung¹ sik¹, ngo⁵ ni¹ di¹ zyun¹ jip⁶ “gau¹ ngap¹ baa⁴” haau² tung¹ sik¹ dak⁶ bit⁶ dak¹ sam¹ jing³ sau², gaa¹ soeng⁵ zi⁶ gei² zok³ man^4-2 dai² gei² hou², seoi¹ jin⁴ zi⁶ gei² gau¹ ngap¹ jyun⁴ jat¹ daai⁶ leon⁴ dou¹ m⁴ zi¹ zi⁶ gei² ngap¹ mat¹, zi¹ bat¹ gwo³ jing¹ goi¹ gwo³ dou^3-2 gwat¹ ge². [Jyutping]

     On the second day it was the exams for liberal studies. Professional “bullshitters” like me are especially good at sitting in a liberal studies exam, plus I have a quite good foundation in composition. After bullshitting that much I wouldn't be able to tell what I was talking about, but it should do the job, I suppose.