Dictionary of Cantonese Slang

'Cantonese popular literature, comic books and movies-in fact, everyday life-is incomprehensiblewithout some understanding of slang. [A...]A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang is the one and only, covering everything from common colloquialismsto triad trash-talking.' -Professor Frank Dikotter, SOAS'a very significant contribution to the field of Chinese lexicography. [A...] Will shed much light on the kind of Cantonese speech that many people know about, talk about, and use in their daily conversations yet have not considered worthy of serious scholarship.' -Robert S. Bauer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University