架步

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架步 (Cantonese)

1. hideout; establishment

   色情架步 [Cantonese]  ―  sik¹ cing⁴ gaa³ bou⁶   ―  sexual establishment

   1. (specifically) vice (related to illegal activities) establishment
2. setup; arrangement of objects
   • 2016, 于日辰（小姓奴）, 倫敦金 [London Gold], page 273:

     我慢慢咁將杯尿放喺兩腿之間個櫈位空間以作固定，呼～要記住就算不慎稍為移動杯尿都會瀉⋯⋯慢慢嚟⋯唔好太大動作⋯⋯坐後少少⋯再多少少⋯⋯呼～成個架步終於安頓好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我慢慢咁将杯尿放喺两腿之间个櫈位空间以作固定，呼～要记住就算不慎稍为移动杯尿都会泻⋯⋯慢慢嚟⋯唔好太大动作⋯⋯坐后少少⋯再多少少⋯⋯呼～成个架步终于安顿好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ maan⁶ maan^6-2 gam² zoeng¹ bui¹ niu⁶ fong³ hai² loeng⁵ teoi² zi¹ gaan¹ go³ dang³ wai^6-2 hung¹ gaan¹ ji⁵ zok³ gu³ ding⁶, fu¹ ~ jiu³ gei³ zyu⁶ zau⁶ syun³ bat¹ san⁶ saau² wai⁴ ji⁴ dung⁶ bui¹ niu⁶ dou¹ wui⁶ se²... maan⁶ maan^6-2 lai⁴... m⁴ hou² taai³ daai⁶ dung⁶ zok³... co⁵ hau⁶ siu² siu²... zoi³ do¹ siu² siu²... fu¹ ~ seng⁴ go³ gaa³ bou⁶ zung¹ jyu¹ ngon¹ deon⁶ hou².

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3. workflow; procedure

   熟架步 [Cantonese]  ―  suk⁶ gaa³ bou⁶   ―  to be familiar with the procedures

4. (construction cant) temporary structure for purposes such as storage, office, or resting
   • 2015 December 3, 蕭健煌, “2015年12月03日的聆訊紀錄本 [Transcript of the Hearing held on 03 December 2015]”, in 食水含鉛超標調查委員會 [Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water]‎, page 131:

     到貨後，錫條會存放於地盤的「士多房」，俗稱「架步」，一般為存放銅喉、銅喉配件及供工友更衣之用等。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     到货后，锡条会存放于地盘的「士多房」，俗称「架步」，一般为存放铜喉、铜喉配件及供工友更衣之用等。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     dou³ fo³ hau⁶, sek⁶ tiu^4-2 wui⁵ cyun⁴ fong³ jyu¹ dei⁶ pun⁴ dik¹ “si⁶ do¹ fong^4-2”, zuk⁶ cing¹ “gaa³ bou⁶”, jat¹ bun¹ wai⁴ cyun⁴ fong³ tung⁴ hau⁴, tung⁴ hau⁴ pui³ gin^6-2 kap⁶ gung¹ gung¹ jau⁵ gang¹ ji¹ zi¹ jung⁶ dang².

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• Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 126