chicken business

Cantonese:

做鸡

jyutping:

zou6 gai1

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English:

business

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definitions

noun

  1. (euphemistic) prostitution; sex work
  2. At Monga’s media preview, actor Chase Tan plus celeb funnymen Jack Neo, Mark Lee, Marcus Chin, Henry Thia and Jeremy Chan show up to support their friend Nono and, er, feed him fried chicken. “We’re both in the chicken business (Chinese slang for prostitution),” Nono quips to Mark, who owns chicken rice restaurant 13 Stages at Kallang Wave Mall.

    — 2019 September 28, Yip Jieying. Today Online, "Nono: “I’ll Throw A Chicken Cutlet To Andy Lau On Stage So He Can Try My Food”". https://www.todayonline.com/8days/eatanddrink/newsandopening/nono-ill-throw-chicken-cutlet-andy-lau-stage-so-he-can-try-my-food