肥佬

肥佬

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Nanning Pinghua) fatty; fat man (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Phono-semantic matching of English fail.

肥佬

1. (Cantonese, intransitive) to fail a test, an exam, etc.
   • 2010 April 28, “任意網為：教師鑽牛角尖”, in 太陽報 [The Sun]‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2025:

     我發覺香港教師嘅精神狀況唔係好妥，冇辦法，以前做呢行勉強都算係鐵飯碗，但時勢唔同喇，依家郁啲就話縮班殺校，仲搞埋啲基準試令到教師露晒餡肥晒佬，真係師嚴何在呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我发觉香港教师嘅精神状况唔系好妥，冇办法，以前做呢行勉强都算系铁饭碗，但时势唔同喇，依家郁啲就话缩班杀校，仲搞埋啲基准试令到教师露晒馅肥晒佬，真系师严何在呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ faat³ gok³ hoeng¹ gong² gaau³ si¹ ge³ zing¹ san⁴ zong⁶ fong³ m⁴ hai⁶ hou² to⁵, mou⁵ baan⁶ faat³, ji⁵ cin⁴ zou⁶ ni¹ hong⁴ min⁵ koeng⁵ dou¹ syun³ hai⁶ tit³ faan⁶ wun², daan⁶ si⁴ sai³ m⁴ tung⁴ laa³, ji¹ gaa¹ juk¹ di¹ zau⁶ waa⁶ suk¹ baan¹ saat³ haau⁶, zung⁶ gaau² maai⁴ di¹ gei¹ zeon² si⁵ ling⁶ dou³ gaau³ si¹ lou⁶ saai³ haam^6-2 fei⁴ saai³ lou², zan¹ hai⁶ si¹ jim⁴ ho⁴ zoi⁶ aa³! [Jyutping]

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2. (Cantonese, transitive) to fail someone; to give someone a failing grade
   • 2017 October 12, 爸巴把罷拔 (#32163), “IVE d老師好狗 #11”, in LIHKG‎^[2], archived from the original on 31 March 2025:

     之後威脅同學話一定會肥佢佬。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     之后威胁同学话一定会肥佢佬。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zi¹ hau⁶ wai¹ hip³ tung⁴ hok⁶ waa⁶ jat¹ ding⁶ wui⁵ fei⁴ keoi⁵ lou². [Jyutping]

     Then, he threatened the student that he would definitely fail him.

• 肥 (fei⁴)