Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful word in Cantonese 

today is the word "TEW". It is one magical word which just by

the sound can describe pleasure, hate and love. 

"TEW" falls into many grammatical categories. It can

be used as a verb, both transitive (eg. Goh tewed Irene) and

intransitive (eg. Irene was tewed by Goh). 

It can be a noun (eg. Goh doesn't give a tew about Irene) 

or an adverb (Irene is te-wing beautiful). 

It should be obvious by now that  there are not many words as versatile as the word "Tew". 

Besides its sexual connotation, this lovely word can be used to describe many situations: 

         Fraud - Ngor pei yan tew chor 

         Dismay - Tew nia ma hai 

         Trouble - Yi chi tew lor 

         Aggression - Tew kow lei 

         Passive - Tew ngor..!! 

         Confusion - Tew mat chat? 

         Difficulty - Tew, ng chat meng ah... 

         Despair - Yi by tew lorr 

         Philosophical - Mm lan tew hai lah.. 

         Religious - Omi toh fut, tew 

         Incompetence - Oh, tew lo 

         Displeasure - Tew, fart sang meh yeh si ah?? 

         Laziness - Tew lan tow hai... 

         Rebellion - Tew chart hoi! 

         Direction - Mart chart tew tei fong lei kah??? 

The mind really boggles at the many creative uses. How could anyone 

be offended when you say the word "TEW"? 

Use it in your daily speech - it adds to your PRESTIGE! 

         Tell someone today. TEW - we meet again! 


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