To Cantonese speakers: What does "chai ball" mean?

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Hitman989

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I started playing at a new club where almost all players are Cantonese speakers, and at times they say to each other lets "chai ball" first. What does it mean?
 
I played another session with them and am considering playing elsewhere lol.. All they hit are clears (about 75% of the time) and cross court drop shots (about 25% of the time) and smashes once in a blue moon...
 
@hitman, that’s a shame, sounds like it’s too recreational for you, it’s good to get some power from the other side to feed from.:)

@You handsome gringo’s from balmy India, in my tongue it simply means “out the line”, spill the beans on the pervy undertone please, well I thinks it’s pervy cause you guys are giggling like idiots....?lol
 
@andy poor guy, we didn't know you were so sensitive and salty. Us Handsome gringos from India, we were talking amongst ourselves. Just a friendly exchange and you coming there like a shameless person calling us idiots. Something bad must have happened to your mental state. Hoping you heal up.
 
Noo....guys, “giggling like idiots” in this context is a friendly none derogatory term, best I can explain is a group of friends sees a joke giggling/laughing among yourselves and not letting the other person on it, never mind...seems my attempt of humour is lost in translation.
 
Cheung said:
In English, it means to “knock up”, i.e. practice some clears and rallies in a warm up.
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Would that be written "砌波", "搓波", or something else? @andy mentioned "chutt gai", that must be "出界", similar to Northern Chinese, but this "chai ball" doesn't sound familiar at all, must be something unique.:confused:
 
Hi greek_foot, I don’t think “chai ball” is unique, I am from a provincial hamlet/village in the new territories and we use it too,
my dialect is “Hakka” which is totally different from Cantonese (boon dae) spoken in Hong Kong,
but I can understand Cantonese when it’s spoken to me but Hong Kong city people doesn’t understand Hakka,
it’s funny when I go back and I speak to my fellow villagers in public spaces,
they are flummoxed and give us looks, also as soon as I speak in Cantonese,
they know right away I am not local, the pronunciation is harder toned and not as fluent.
 
[USER=1208]@andy[/USER] said:
Hi greek_foot, I don’t think “chai ball” is unique, I am from a provincial hamlet/village in the new territories and we use it too,
my dialect is “Hakka” which is totally different from Cantonese (boon dae) spoken in Hong Kong,
but I can understand Cantonese when it’s spoken to me but Hong Kong city people doesn’t understand Hakka,
it’s funny when I go back and I speak to my fellow villagers in public spaces,
they are flummoxed and give us looks, also as soon as I speak in Cantonese,
they know right away I am not local, the pronunciation is harder toned and not as fluent.
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Very interesting. It must be at least regional then because I've never heard it in the Jiangnan or Huabei regions up here in the mainland. I have a few Hakka friends, but we either speak English or Standard Chinese, so I guess I wouldn't have noticed much about the dialect. Either way I'll keep my ears open next time I'm down south. Thanks for the reply!
 
[USER=1208]@andy[/USER] said:
I don’t think “chai ball” is unique, I am from a provincial hamlet/village in the new territories and we use it too,
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It could possibly be a loan word from Cantonese. That wouldn’t be surprising at all if you are talking about the New Territories.

Also Cantonese in Guangdong and HK do have some differences. I am not sure if they use the same chai bo in GZ
 
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