做手腳 (zou6 sau2 goek3) — to resort to irregular practices, make… in Cantonese

zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手goek˗₃腳

简做手脚

Mandarin Pinyin: zuo4 shou3 jiao3

Meaning of 做手腳

nounto resort to irregular practices, make secret arrangements; manipulation

noun(verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)

keoiˏ₅佢hangˊ²肯dingˍ₆定zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手gauˊ²腳

He definitely tampered with it.

binˉ¹邊go˗₃個zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手gauˊ²腳？

Who tampered with it?

siuˊ²小samˉ¹心keoiˏ₅佢zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手gauˊ²腳

Be careful, he might tamper with it.

mouˏ₅冇zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手gauˊ²腳laaˉ¹啦

Didn't tamper with it.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好zouˍ₆做sauˊ²手gauˊ²腳

Don't tamper with it.

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