sor9ry

Chinese

Alternative forms

• sor9ly, sorr9y, so99y

Etymology

Tmesis of English sorry + 9 (“freaking”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ gau¹ li⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ gau¹ li⁴
    • Yale: sō gāu lìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ gau¹ li⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ geo¹ li⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵ liː²¹/

Interjection

sor9ry

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, vulgar, sometimes humorous or sarcastic) fucking sorry

   • 禾真しん系けい好このみ能のう有ゆう仙せん氣き對たい吾われ住じゅう　系けい米まい好このみ能のう嬲なぶ呢梳くしけず9梨なし [Cantonese, trad.]
     禾真しん系けい好このみ能のう有ゆう仙せん气对吾住じゅう　系けい米まい好このみ能のう嬲なぶ呢梳くしけず9梨なし [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2023, 【粗そ口くち版ばん】好こう撚ひね可愛かわい對たい吾われ住じゅう

     ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² lan² jau⁵ sin¹ hei³ deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶, hai⁶ mai⁶ hou² lan² nau¹ ne¹ so¹ gau¹ li⁴ [Jyutping]

     I'm sorry for my fucking divine looks / Are you mad? If so I'm sorry!

Related terms

• sor9, sor
• exact7ly