hi auntie

Chinese

Etymology

屌你老母 (“fuck your mother”) is jokingly described by some as a greeting to someone else's mother. The word censor implemented in Hong Kong Golden Forum transforms this into English Hi Auntie, which is also a greeting to someone else's mother.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹ aan¹ ti⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai¹ aan¹ ti⁴
    • Yale: hāai āan tìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹ aan¹ ti⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai¹ an¹ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵ aːn⁵⁵ tʰiː²¹/

Interjection

hi auntie

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) fuck you

Verb

hi⫽auntie (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) to fuck you; to fuck your mother
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) to scold; to reprimand

Related terms

• hi

See also

• hihi
• 向左走向右走

Further reading

• Hi Auntie on The Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong