cam man

Chinese

Alternative forms

camman

Etymology

Clipping of English cameraman. Equivalent to cam +‎ English -man.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kem¹ men¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kem¹ men¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kem¹ men¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːm⁵⁵ mɛːn⁵⁵/

Noun

cam man

(Hong Kong Cantonese) cameraman
- 2018, “太陽花 Rape That Sun Flower”, performed by 光頭幫 TomFatKi:
  
  幾多點　十二點　三十幾度當鍛煉　兩個camman當做gym [Cantonese, trad.]
  几多点　十二点　三十几度当锻炼　两个camman当做gym [Cantonese, simp.]
  gei² do¹ dim², sap⁶ ji⁶ dim², saam¹ sap⁶ gei² dou⁶ dong³ dyun³ lin⁶, loeng⁵ go³ kem¹ men¹ dong³ zou⁶ zim¹ [Jyutping]
  What time is it? Twelve o'clock. Thirty-something degrees, think of it as training. The two cameramen treats it as working out at a gym

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