粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01
外貌唔討好 (bad looking; dumb look; literally: bad face)
形容詞Examples
呢件衫著喺佢身上，搞到佢睇起嚟更加樣衰。
nei1 gin6 saam1 zoek6 hai2 keoi5 san1 soeng6, gaau2 dou3 keoi5 tai2 hei2 lei4 gang3 gaa1 joeng2 seoi1.
This shirt makes him look even uglier when he wears it.
02
做事手法拙劣 (inept or clumsy execution; botched; amateurish)
Examples
今次食物中毒事件佢哋 PR 做得咁樣衰，以後都唔知仲有咩人會幫襯佢。
Their public relations handling of this food poisoning incident was so poor, I doubt anyone would want to eat there in the future.
03
尷尬 (embarrassed; ashamed)
Examples
好樣衰啊，嗌錯咗人哋個名。
hou2 joeng2 seoi1 aa3, aai3 co3 zo2 jan4 dei6 go3 meng2.
So embarrassing! I called someone with the wrong name.