㗎文

㗎文

1. (Cantonese, colloquial, derogatory) the Japanese language
   • 1985, 許冠傑 [Sam Hui], “日本娃娃”‎^[1]performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     實行用㗎文跟佢Friend下 [Cantonese, trad.]
     实行用㗎文跟佢Friend下 [Cantonese, simp.]

     sat⁶ hang⁴ jung⁶ gaa⁴ man^4-2 gan¹ keoi⁵ fren¹ haa⁵ [Jyutping]

     I've got to use Japanese to befriend her

   • 2019, 何紫, 《給女兒的信》, Hong Kong: 山邊出版社 [SUNBEAM Publications (HK)], →ISBN, page 257:

     爹地四十歲時才學日語，倒學得蠻有興趣，特別買架「獲文」（隨身聽）回來，行又聽，坐也聽，學慣準確的「㗎文」發音，有一天一位日本人來探我，我「初試啼聲」，他驚訝我的語音正確，我就樂在其中 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     爹地四十岁时才学日语，倒学得蛮有兴趣，特别买架「获文」（随身听）回来，行又听，坐也听，学惯准确的「㗎文」发音，有一天一位日本人来探我，我「初试啼声」，他惊讶我的语音正确，我就乐在其中 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     de¹ di⁴ sei³ sap⁶ seoi³ si⁴ coi⁴ hok⁶ jat⁶ jyu⁵, dou² hok⁶ dak¹ maan⁴ jau⁵ hing³ ceoi³, dak⁶ bit⁶ maai⁵ gaa³ “wok^6-1 man^4-2” (ceoi⁴ san¹ teng¹) wui⁴ loi⁴, haang⁴ jau⁶ teng¹, co⁵ jaa⁵ teng¹, hok⁶ gwaan³ zeon² kok³ dik¹ “gaa⁴ man^4-2” faat³ jam¹, jau⁵ jat¹ tin¹ jat¹ wai^6-2 jat⁶ bun² jan⁴ loi⁴ taam³ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ “co¹ si³ tai⁴ sing¹”, taa¹ ging¹ ngaa⁵ ngo⁵ dik¹ jyu⁵ jam¹ zing³ kok³, ngo⁵ zau⁶ lok⁶ zoi⁶ kei⁴ zung¹ [Jyutping]

     Your dad only started learning Japanese when he was forty. I got so into it that I bought a Walkman, and I would listen to it and practice proper Japanese pronunciation whether I was walking around or sitting. One day a Japanese person came to visit me, and I discovered I had a knack for it when I nailed it on the first try and shocked him with how good my pronunciation was, which made me really happy.