Call the PLA

Today's clip is a funny stakeout scene from the 2019 movie A Lifetime Treasure...

Vocabulary

• 負責 fu6 zaak3 responsible for  
• 熄匙 sik1 si4 turn off vehicle engine  
• 車牌 ce1 paai4 number plate; driving licence  
• 身份證 san1 fan2 zing3 Hong Kong ID card  
• 伙記 fo2 gei3 fellow police officer; (also) waiter  
• 匪徒 fei2 tou4 bandit; criminal 
• 炸彈 zaa3 daan2 bomb  
• 核彈 hat6 daan2 nuclear bomb  
• SDU Special Duties Unit (特別任務連) tactical unit of the HK Police Force  
• 解放軍 gaai2 fong3 gwan1 People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China  
• 陣間 zan6 gaan1 soon; in a moment  
• 隨時 ceoi4 si4 at any time  
• 阻住 zo2 zyu6 to block; obstruct

The characters:

• 阿樂: Lok (played by 林盛斌 Bob Lam Shing-Pun)
• 阿俊: Chun (played by 張繼聰 Louis Cheung Kai-Chung)
• 警察甲: Policeman 1 (played by 張嘉倫 Ben Cheung Ka-Lun)
• 警察乙: Policeman 2 (played by 顧定軒 Zeno Koo Ting-Hin)

Dialogue

阿俊: 有我哋喺度做咩？

jau5 ngo5 dei6 hai2 dou6 zou6 me1?

Chun: What are we doing here?

阿樂: 你負責揸車㗎嘛？

nei5 fu6 zaak3 zaa1 ce1 gaa3 maa3?

Lok: You're the one driving, right?

阿俊: 噉你呢？

gam2 nei5 ne1?

Chun: Well, what about you?

阿樂: 睇住你揸車。

tai2 zyu6 nei5 zaa1 ce1

Lok: Watching you drive.

警察甲: 先生，麻煩你熄匙，車牌，身份證。

sin1 saang1, maa4 faan4 nei5 sik1 si4, ce1 paai4, san1 fan2 zing3

Policeman 1: Sir, please turn off the engine, give me your license plate, and ID.

阿俊: 伙記做緊嘢。

fo2 gei3 zou6 gan2 je5

Chun: My partner is working.

警察甲: 熄匙，車牌，身份證。

sik1 si4, ce1 paai4, san1 fan2 zing3

Policeman 1: Turn off the engine, license plate, and ID.

阿俊: 收到，入邊咩環境?

sau1 dou2, jap6 bin1 me1 waan4 ging2?

Chun: Roger, what's the situation inside?

警察甲: 我話熄匙。

ngo5 waa6 sik1 si4

Policeman 1: I said turn off the engine.

阿俊: 匪徒有AK，炸彈，核彈，copy。細貓，call backup。

fei2 tou4 jau5 AK, zaa3 daan2, hat6 daan2, copy. sai3 maau1, call backup

Chun: The suspects have AKs, bombs, nukes, copy. Little Kitten, call backup.

阿樂: 細貓收到，使唔使call埋SDU？

sai3 maau1 sau1 dou2, sai2 m4 sai2 call maai4 SDU?

Lok: Little Kitten, received. Should I call the SDU too?

阿俊: Call埋解放軍，over。

Call maai4 gaai2 fong3 gwan1, over

Chun: Call the PLA as well, over.

⋯⋯

阿樂: Roger。

Roger

Lok: Roger.

阿俊: 陣間隨時open fire，你兩個cover。

zan6 gaan1 ceoi4 si4 open fire, nei5 loeng5 go3 cover

Chun: We may open fire any minute, you two provide cover.

阿樂: Controller，幫我check-check兩個PC、三八⋯⋯

Controller, bong1 ngo5 check-check loeng5 go3 PC, saam1 baat3...

Lok: Controller, can you help me check two PCs, 38...!

警察乙: 你唔使兩位阿Sir，唔好意思呀。uh，我哋都唔阻住你哋呀！我走先。

nei5 m4 sai2 loeng5 wai2 aa3 Sir, m4 hou2 ji3 si3 aa3, uh, ngo5 dei6 dou1 m4 zo2 zyu6 nei5 dei6 aa3! ngo5 zau2 sin1!

Policeman 2: Sirs, there's no need, sorry. Uh, we won't disturb you. I'll get out of your way now.

警察甲: 唔⋯⋯唔好意思，唔好意思！

m4... m4 hou2 ji3 si3, m4 hou2 ji3 si3!

Policeman 1: Um... sorry, sorry!