O記

Chinese

			suffix for restaurants, stores, etc.
trad. (O記)		O	記
simp. (O记)		O	记

Etymology

From English Organised Crime and Triad Bureau + 記／记 (gei³, suffix for restaurants, stores, etc.).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ gei³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou¹ gei³
  - Yale: ōu gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ kei̯³³/

Proper noun

O記

(Hong Kong Cantonese, law enforcement, colloquial) the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB, a bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force)

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