粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
ngaak1 cin2
aak1 cin2
Original phonetic: ngaak1 cin2:aak1 cin2
01
靠唔誠實嘅方法得到其他人啲錢 (to scam money)
動詞Examples
嗰個留學生俾人呃錢，冇咗幾十萬。
go2 go3 lau4 hok6 saang1 bei2 jan4 ngaak1 cin2, mou5 zo2 gei2 sap6 maan6.
That foreign student was scammed and lost several hundred thousand dollars.
02
引申指用唔合理嘅價錢去賣嘢 (figuratively, to sell something at an unreasonably high price)
Examples
嗰檔嘢好呃錢㗎，廿蚊先得三粒魚蛋。
go2 dong3 je5 hou2 ngaak1 cin2 gaa3, jaa6 man1 sin1 dak1 saam1 nap1 jyu4 daan2.
That stall is very expensive (as if they are scamming money), they sell you only three fishballs for $20.