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<p>撚:</p>
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<p>讀作nan2。此字乃是假借字，「撚」字是指把玩、揉搓、撥弄等的動作，在部份場合下不被視為粗口，例如「撚手小菜」即解成拿手小菜、「撚雀」則是飼養雀鳥。</p>
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<p>當用作粗口時，正寫為「尸」字裡加個「粦」字，[<strong>發音為 lan2</strong>]，俗寫為「門」字裡加個「能」字，即是「」字。當作為粗口時，則解成下列意思：</p>
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<p>名詞，「陽具」的意思 (<strong>Noun: &quot;penis&quot;</strong>)</p>
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<p>語氣助詞，只用於加強語氣，用於句子中；(<strong>Modal auxiliary words, only used to strengthen the tone and used in sentences</strong>)</p>
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<p>助詞，用作顛倒句子原本意思，可視為反語。</p>
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<p>近年網民使用時，有時為避免出現粗口字，會以英文字母「L」代替。 (<strong>In recent years, netizens sometimes use the English letter &quot;L&quot; instead to avoid swear words.</strong>)</p>
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<p>點解觀塘咁(L)塞 = 點解觀塘咁(撚)塞 = Why is Kwun Tong so (damn) congested</p>
<p>'塞' is short for '塞車' (be congested)-  <em>of traffic</em></p>
<p>We also use:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>'小' for '屌'</p>
</li>
<li><p>'忍' for ''</p>
</li>
<li><p>'狗' for '㞗'</p>
</li>
<li><p>'西' for '屄'</p>
</li>
<li><p>'實' for '杘'</p>
</li>
</ul>

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2020-12-23T13:46:29.087Z
2020-12-23T14:03:11.883Z
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Tang Ho
<ul>
<li><p>L =  = fucking/damn</p>
</li>
<li><p>咁L = why so damn/why so fucking</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>L is like a softening of something like the f-word, in written language, maybe akin to <em>frick</em>. But, you'll probably find it's usually spoken out in full.</p>
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<p>This singer JB also has a song called:</p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/5x2YbmyP9Uk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">點解咁撚肥</a></p>
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<p>咁撚 can also be written = 咁L, which should probably be properly written: 咁</p>
<p><a href="https://www.xiami.com/song/mTngvp61c6b" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Xiami</a> translates the song into English as:</p>
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<p>Why So Fat (Limiter)</p>
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<p>Here though 咁l is probably better translated as:</p>
<ul>
<li>咁l = so (fucking)</li>
</ul>

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2020-12-23T13:18:04.810Z
2020-12-23T14:20:22.390Z
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Mou某
<p>I found this in what I suspect is a very colloquial Cantonese website:
點解觀塘咁L塞</p>
<p>What is this 'L'? I am sure I must have seen this before, but I do not understand in what context.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>

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usage of 'L' in colloquial cantonese utterances
# usage of 'L' in colloquial cantonese utterances

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-23)

I found this in what I suspect is a very colloquial Cantonese website:
點解觀塘咁L塞

What is this 'L'? I am sure I must have seen this before, but I do not understand in what context.

Thanks

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-23. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

From [廣東粗口五大字](https://evchk.wikia.org/zh/wiki/%E5%BB%A3%E6%9D%B1%E7%B2%97%E5%8F%A3%E4%BA%94%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%97)

> 撚:

> 讀作nan2。此字乃是假借字，「撚」字是指把玩、揉搓、撥弄等的動作，在部份場合下不被視為粗口，例如「撚手小菜」即解成拿手小菜、「撚雀」則是飼養雀鳥。

> 當用作粗口時，正寫為「尸」字裡加個「粦」字，[**發音為 lan2**]，俗寫為「門」字裡加個「能」字，即是「」字。當作為粗口時，則解成下列意思：

> 名詞，「陽具」的意思 (**Noun: "penis"**)

> 語氣助詞，只用於加強語氣，用於句子中；(**Modal auxiliary words, only used to strengthen the tone and used in sentences**)

> 助詞，用作顛倒句子原本意思，可視為反語。

> 近年網民使用時，有時為避免出現粗口字，會以英文字母「L」代替。 (**In recent years, netizens sometimes use the English letter "L" instead to avoid swear words.**)

點解觀塘咁(L)塞 = 點解觀塘咁(撚)塞 = Why is Kwun Tong so (damn) congested

'塞' is short for '塞車' (be congested)- *of traffic*

We also use:

* '小' for '屌'
* '忍' for ''
* '狗' for '㞗'
* '西' for '屄'
* '實' for '杘'


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-12-23. Score: 2

* L = = fucking/damn
* 咁L = why so damn/why so fucking

L is like a softening of something like the f-word, in written language, maybe akin to *frick*. But, you'll probably find it's usually spoken out in full.

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This singer JB also has a song called:

> [點解咁撚肥](https://youtu.be/5x2YbmyP9Uk)

咁撚 can also be written = 咁L, which should probably be properly written: 咁

[Xiami](https://www.xiami.com/song/mTngvp61c6b) translates the song into English as:

> Why So Fat (Limiter)

Here though 咁l is probably better translated as:

* 咁l = so (fucking)


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