夠薑

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	ginger
trad. (夠薑)		夠	薑
simp. (够姜)		够	姜
Literally: “having enough ginger”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ goeng¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ goeng¹
  - Yale: gau gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

夠薑

(Cantonese) brave; courageous; having guts
- 1976, “半斤八兩”, performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:
  
  半斤八兩　夠薑就揸鎗走去搶 [Cantonese, trad.]
  半斤八两　够姜就揸枪走去抢 [Cantonese, simp.]
  bun³ gan¹ baat³ loeng², gau³ goeng¹ a⁶ zaa¹ coeng¹ zau² heoi³ coeng² [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 夠薑就一針打撚死我，阿叔嚇大嘅，屌你老母！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  够姜就一针打撚死我，阿叔吓大嘅，屌你老母！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1990, Triad Story
  gau³ goeng¹ zau⁶ jat¹ zam¹ daa² lan² sei² ngo⁵, aa³ suk¹ haak³ daai⁶ ge³, diu² nei⁵ lou⁵ mou^5-2! [Jyutping]
  If you've got guts, jab me to death! I'm not afraid. Fuck you!

Synonyms

(informal) 有種／有种 (yǒuzhǒng)