「十八廿二」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji2
Individual
Character Meaning:
十 ten
八 eight
廿 twenty
二 two
Part of Speech: number
Labels: Slang
Explanation:
to be in the bloom of youth (commonly used for women); commonly used for contrast, to express that one is no longer young; literally: eighteen and twenty-two
(Cant.) 你nei5都dou1唔m4係hai6十sap6八baat3廿jaa6二ji2啦laa1,仲zung6學hok6咩me1人jan4去heoi3跳tiu3舞mou5。
(Eng.) You are no longer 18 or 22. Why would you want to go to a dance? (That's not for someone your age!)
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