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Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 快啲 (faai3 di1).
Adverb
fai-tee
- immediately, promptly
1889 November, Thomas W. Knox, “The Talking Handkerchief”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXIX, number CCCCLXXIV (in English), New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, page 937:“John,” I said, “my go Hong-Kong side, fai-tee”—I am going to Hong-Kong immediately.