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粵語辭叢

起雞皮

hei2 gai1 pei4included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

當皮膚受到冷刺激時,除咗會打冷震之外,汗毛下嘅豎毛肌收縮、拉動毛根,汗毛就豎起嚟,皮膚表面亦會變得緊密,形成一層保護牆,阻止體內熱量流失,於是就形成了一個個小疙瘩,睇落就好似去咗毛嘅雞皮一樣。亦比喻聽到一啲肉麻説話時會作出類似打冷震嘅反應。 (to get goosebumps; to get goose pimples)

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Examples

呢度好凍啊,凍到我起晒雞皮!

ni1 dou6 hou2 dung3 aa3, dung3 dou3 ngo5 hei2 saai3 gai1 pei4!

It's freezing here! I've got goosebumps!

維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /hei̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

to have goosebumps