粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01
一種堅硬嘅建築材料，通常係長方體嘅，用泥或者黏土燒製而成（量詞：嚿） (brick; building block)
名詞Examples
呢棟舊樓日久失修，已經連鋼筋磚頭都露埋出嚟。
ni1 dung6 gau6 lau2 jat6 gau2 sat1 sau1, ji5 ging1 lin4 gong3 gan1 zyun1 tau4 dou1 lou6 maai4 ceot1 lai4.
This old building is so mismanaged that large pieces of concrete peel off and rusty steel bars are exposed.
02
比喻房地產物業（量詞：嚿） ((figuratively) real estate; property)
Examples
佢用辛辛苦苦儲落嚟嘅七萬蚊，再加埋佢老豆俾佢嘅六百四十五萬，終於買咗佢人生嘅第一嚿磚頭喇！
keoi5 jung6 san1 san1 fu2 fu2 cou5 lok6 lai4 ge3 cat1 maan6 man1, zoi3 gaa1 maai4 keoi5 lou5 dau6 bei2 keoi5 ge3 luk6 baak3 sei3 sap6 ng5 maan6, zung1 jyu1 maai5 zo2 keoi5 jan4 sang1 ge3 dai6 jat1 gau6 zyun1 tau4 laa3!
With the 70000 dollars that he painstakingly saved, plus the 6.45M dollars given by his father, he finally managed to buy his first apartment.