Okay, we all
know that Cantonese is a rich language, with all its rhymes and tones.
But would somebody
please tell me the significance of the following ?
「87」「25」「MM」「HK2668」「HK8989」「HK69」「HK332」「HK1188」「HK608」「75」「63」
These are all vanity
license plates in Hong Kong much sought after.
But I don’t have a clue why.
Any blogger who can
explain in full will be crowned my second favorite blogpal. (Sorry, my favorite
blogpal was determined years ago)
original source: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20140224/18635857
我解到 332 生生易，想生BB啱用; 8989 發久發久.
ReplyDelete某啲可能係個人選擇。 我細佬BID咗個生日牌 519 ，諗住無乜人爭都要比咗好多錢。
不過幾時有個 "8" 都啱香港人嘅， 除咗 "528"。
You did better than me la ;-)
Delete８＝發達，９＝長長久久，６＝六六無窮，３＝三三不盡／生猛／風生水起，２＝易。
ReplyDelete２８＝易發，３２８＝生意發，１６８＝一路發，８９９＝發達發到長長久久。
４＝死，所以不受歡迎。但上海話４同水同音，水＝＄，所以上海船運大亨個車牌就係４。
仲有，１３１４＝一生一世，７０８＝出黎發，５２４＝唔易死，總之真係任你ｕｐ啦。
除咗發音好意頭，車牌號碼仲係要嚟晒身份地位身家。
一兩個數字嘅車牌高價係歷史原因，當年好少人有車，所以車牌得一兩個數目字，擁有都係達官貴人，有呢啲靚number嘅人冇乜事都唔會賣咗佢啦，之後先發達就有錢都好難買得到啦。所以後嚟政府將啲好特別嘅車牌拍賣只限跟一個人，死咗就要交番比政府再賣過，唔准留比個仔。
當年，１號車牌係警務處長，２號車牌係財政司，財政司寧願要個普通車牌都拎個２號車牌出黎賣話增加政府收入喎，於是有人叫警務處長都拎車牌出黎賣啦，但佢話１號車牌係代表警隊嘅尊嚴，唔會賣喎。
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
Delete我記得五十年代我老豆個車牌係 HK9599，number 咁高即係窮光蛋... :-)
HK9599係靚number，好值錢。凡HK字頭都已經值錢，仲要有3條9，你老豆應該請左人飲茶先會有呢個靚車牌。
Delete嘩，你學咗大班咁鬼識講說話，梗係唔係啦 :-)
DeletePeople would like 1828 too. I guess you know why now.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I personally won't like it as 日發夜發, what if it's not 發達, it's something else like 發病. You just never know.
Based on what I've heard in recent years, the word 發 in HK nowadays implies 發達/財.
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