搶閘 [抢闸]

Jyutping coeng2 zaap6
Pinyin qiǎng zhá

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to race to be the first to get something or to do something
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    率先​做​，​反應​快過​預期
    to rush to do something; to act prematurely; literally: to snatch the gate
    • 細妹竟然搶閘扒頭第一個結婚。
      细妹竟然抢闸扒头第一个结婚。
      sai3 mui2 ging2 jin4 coeng2 zaap6 paa4 tau4 dai6 jat1 go3 git3 fan1.
      It is unexpected that the youngest sister becomes the first to marry (as her siblings are supposed to get married earlier than she is).
    • 元旦凌晨，一男一女BB搶閘出世。
      元旦凌晨，一男一女BB抢闸出世。
      At the midnight of the new year, a boy and a girl were born.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 搶先 – 抢先
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    细妹竟然抢闸扒头第一个结婚。
    細妹竟然搶閘扒頭第一個結婚。
    sai3 mui2 ging2 jin4 coeng2 zaap6 paa4 tau4 dai6 jat1 go3 git3 fan1.
    • It is unexpected that the youngest sister becomes the first to marry (as her siblings are supposed to get married earlier than she is).
  2. Cantonese
    元旦凌晨，一男一女BB抢闸出世。
    元旦凌晨，一男一女BB搶閘出世。
    • At the midnight of the new year, a boy and a girl were born.