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Jyutping tou3 ding1
Pinyin tào dīng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、香港
    出售​丁權​;​香港​新界​原​居民​嘅​男丁​有權​起丁屋​自住​,​但​未必​能​揾​到​土地​,​於​是​有​地產商​或​地主​會​向​男丁​收購​套取​丁權​去​興建​房屋​,​呢​個​違法行​為​就​叫​套​丁
    In Hong Kong New Territories, every male indigenous villager over 18 years old is entitled to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house for himself to live in, this grant is called "Male Indigenous's Right". But actually not every male indigenous can have land to build his house, so some landlords and developers will buy their grants to build housing estate in the village districts. Literally: extracting male indigenous's right
    • 新界原居民過咗咁多年,依家先至知原來套丁係犯法。
      新界原居民过咗咁多年,依家先至知原来套丁系犯法。
      san1 gaai3 jyun4 geoi1 man4 gwo3 zo2 gam3 do1 nin4, ji1 gaa1 sin1 zi1 jyun4 loi4 tou3 ding1 hai6 faan6 faat3
      New Territories indigenous work as a norm for all those years, and they only know recently that transferring the "Male Indigenous's Right" is actually illegal.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Hong-Kong, of indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories
    to sell one's ding rights (the right to build a house under the Small House Policy) to a property developer, who without the ding rights would not be able to develop the rural land they own
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    新界原居民过咗咁多年,依家先至知原来套丁系犯法。
    新界原居民過咗咁多年,依家先至知原來套丁係犯法。
    san1 gaai3 jyun4 geoi1 man4 gwo3 zo2 gam3 do1 nin4, ji1 gaa1 sin1 zi1 jyun4 loi4 tou3 ding1 hai6 faan6 faat3
    • New Territories indigenous work as a norm for all those years, and they only know recently that transferring the "Male Indigenous's Right" is actually illegal.