放生電 (fong3 saang1 din6) — flirt; coquet; play the coquette in Cantonese

fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生dinˍ₆電

简放生电

Mandarin Pinyin: fang4 sheng1 dian4

Meaning of 放生電

nounflirt; coquet; play the coquette

noun拋生藕, 賣弄風騷

nounan act of trying to seduce others by using physical actions such as blinking one's eyes or flicking one's hair; to give the glad eye

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tiuˎ₄條neoiˊ²女sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生din6.電。

That girl is always flirting.

neiˊ²你mˎ₄唔houˊ²好zoi˗₃再deoi˗₃對keoiˏ₅佢fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生dinˍ₆電laa1!啦！

Don't flirt with him/her anymore!

taiˊ²睇keoiˏ₅佢fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生dinˍ₆電go˗₃個joeng6.樣。

Look at him/her flirting.

keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意deoi˗₃對janˎ₄人fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生din6.電。

He/She really likes to flirt with people.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日deoi˗₃對zyuˍ₆住ngoˏ₅我fong˗₃放saangˉ¹生din6.電。

He/She is always flirting with me.

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