「揞口費」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: am2 hau2 fai3
Individual
Character Meaning:
揞
口 mouth; opening; entrance; cut; hole; gash
費 fee; to expend; cost
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
a fee paid to someone to keep quiet; to not report something (e.g. to the police); hush money; literally "cover mouth fee" (measure word: 筆)
(Cant.) 件gin6事si6冇mou5見gin3報bou3,因jan1為wai6記gei3者ze2收sau1咗zo2揞am2口hau2費fai3。
(Eng.) The affair did not appear in the news because journalists received hush money.
Synonym: Synonym: 掩口費
See also: 掩口費 噓
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