Chinese

Verb

僭建

1. (Hong Kong) to add structures to a house illegally
   • 你嘅僭建問題唔係單純嘅僭建問題，而係公開咁向市民講大話，隱瞞你嘅僭建問題。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
     你嘅僭建问题唔系单纯嘅僭建问题，而系公开咁向市民讲大话，隐瞒你嘅僭建问题。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

     Nei⁵ ge³cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴ m⁴ hai⁶ dan¹ seon⁴ ge³cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, ji⁴ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi¹ gam² hoeng³ si⁵ man⁴ gong² daai⁶ waa⁶, jan² mun⁴ nei⁵ ge³cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Your unauthorized building works problem is not solely an unauthorized building works problem, but is publicly telling lies to the public, hiding your unauthorized building works problem.

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Usage notes

In Cantonese, zim3 gin3 is the standard pronunciation and the other two are colloquial pronunciations.