Comments on: The Golden Rock - October 28th, 2007 Edition http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/10/28/the-golden-rock-october-28th-2007-edition/ We do news right, not fast Tue, 05 May 2026 11:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Anonymous http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/10/28/the-golden-rock-october-28th-2007-edition/#comment-221 Anonymous Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/thegoldenrock/2007/10/28/the-golden-rock-october-28th-2007-edition/#comment-221 The title "Waters" might be a reference to "<a HREF="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/" REL="nofollow"><i>mizu</i></a><a HREF="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/994/" REL="nofollow"><i>shou</i></a><a HREF="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/140/" REL="nofollow"><i>bai</i></a>" -- combining <a HREF="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/994/" REL="nofollow"><i>soeng</i></a> and <a HREF="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/140/" REL="nofollow"><i>maai</i></a> is not done in Chinese, I suspect, but it indicates (a line of) business. The term originally covered the riskier undertakings -- in the "which way a gamble goes is utterly <i>fluid</i>" sort of sense, including, for instance, professional entertainment and sports, but is now mostly applied to the nightlife industry.<br/><br/>So the implication could be "(The) 'Water( Business' Guy)s", but that would mean only longer term residents of the place with some knowledge of the colloquial, who also know what "water" means in English (well, <i>that</i> one's pretty basic ;)) and made the connection would "get" it -- maybe something of a tall order internationally...<br/><br/>- NK The title “Waters” might be a reference to “mizushoubai” — combining soeng and maai is not done in Chinese, I suspect, but it indicates (a line of) business. The term originally covered the riskier undertakings — in the “which way a gamble goes is utterly fluid” sort of sense, including, for instance, professional entertainment and sports, but is now mostly applied to the nightlife industry.

So the implication could be “(The) ‘Water( Business’ Guy)s”, but that would mean only longer term residents of the place with some knowledge of the colloquial, who also know what “water” means in English (well, that one’s pretty basic ;)) and made the connection would “get” it — maybe something of a tall order internationally…

- NK

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