Cantonese expressions with 咁 + adjective

[wai ming]

Cantonese seems to have quite a few fixed expressions using 咁 followed by an adjective. For example, I have heard the following phrases:

鬼殺咁嘈

倒屎咁早

七國咁亂

水蛇春咁長

一疋布咁長

CantoDict also has the following phrases:

鼻屎咁多

陳皮咁舊

鬼火咁靚

鬼死咁亂

狗竇咁亂

倒塔咁早

一字咁淺

冇雷公咁遠

Has anyone heard of any others?

[skylee]

豬咁蠢 (蠢過隻豬)

鬼咁靚 / 正 / 貴 / 蠢 / 慢 / 快 (pick your adj)

for a place that is very far away, you can also describe it as 山旮旯 / 山旮旯咁遠

[studentyoung]

鬼殺咁嘈

It should be 鬼煞咁嘈, which means the noise sounds so loud and ugly, like crying of devils or ghosts.

煞

shà

【名】

指迷信的凶神恶鬼之类〖evilspirit;goblin〗

鄂城之俗,于新丧避煞最严。——王同轨《耳谈》

又如:凶神恶煞;煞神;煞耗(指凶神);煞星(对人不利的灾星);煞鬼(恶鬼)

魂灵,魂魄〖soul〗。如:煞回(旧俗谓人死若干天后,魂魄返回故宅,有煞神随之,称“煞回”)

http://baike.baidu.com/view/327932.htm

陳皮咁舊

陈皮is dried tangerine peel. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the longer it’s kept, the better medical efficacy of 陈皮 becomes.

陈 here means “ be kept for a long time”.

陈皮咁旧，means something is old enough as 陈皮 has been kept for a long time.

狗竇咁亂

窦(dòu)

【名词】(形声。从穴,卖声。本义:孔穴)同本义〖hole〗

窦,空也。——《说文》

穿窦窖。——《礼记•月令》。注:“入地隋曰窦。”

顺人情之大窦也。——《礼记•礼运》。注:“孔穴也。”

在刑部狱,见死而由窦出者日三四人。——清•方苞《狱中杂记》

如:窦径(洞穴和小路)

http://baike.baidu.com/view/42557.htm

狗窦：a cave or place where dogs live in, sometimes is a modest saying to one’s own house

狗窦咁乱 means some place is in a mess like the place where dogs live in.

倒塔咁早

倒塔咁早is equal to倒屎咁早.

塔 here means 屎塔, which is called 马桶 by northerners. Here is a photo for your reference.

http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=%B9%A7%CD%B0&in=10950&cl=2&cm=1&sc=0&lm=-1&pn=6&rn=1&di=1835708264&ln=13&fr

In the old days, every family, especially in town and city, had to put their 屎塔s in front of their house in the morning and waited for farmersor nightmen (淘粪工) coming to collect their excrement, which is perfect and free organic fertilizer to farmers.

Cheers!