新澤西 [－泽－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. New Jersey, US state
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞、外來語、舊式、香港
    歇後語​：​食​水深
    an expression that means driving a hard bargain; literally "New Jersey", referring to the USS New Jersey (BB-62), a battleship of the US Navy which visited Hong Kong in the 1950s. As her draught was too deep, she was not able to enter the Victoria Harbour and could only anchor outside the harbour at Lei Yue Mun.
    • 基金經理食水咁深，正一新澤西！
      基金经理食水咁深，正一新泽西！
      Fund managers are bloodsucking leeches. Their deeply sucks are more than the displacement of a battleship!
  2. 近義詞
    九出十三歸、食水深
  3. 名詞、專名
    地方​名​；​美國​五十​州​之一​，​全名​係​新澤​西州​，​喺​美​國​東​北部​，​範圍​包括​好多​大城市​，​係​美國​人口​最​密​嘅​一​個​州
    New Jersey
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    (Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Jersey (a state of the United States)
    (syn.) 紐澤西, 纽泽西
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    基金经理食水咁深，正一新泽西！
    基金經理食水咁深，正一新澤西！
    • Fund managers are bloodsucking leeches. Their deeply sucks are more than the displacement of a battleship!