倒屎咁早

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	stool; faeces	(Cantonese) so	early; morning
trad. (倒屎咁早)		倒	屎	咁	早
simp. #(倒屎咁早)		倒	屎	咁	早
Literally: “as early as time for pouring away faeces”.

Etymology

At early times when flushing systems were still not available, faeces were collected by cleaners before usual time for people to wake up.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² si² gam³ zou²

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² si² gam³ zou²
    • Yale: dóu sí gam jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² si² gam³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² xi² gem³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ siː³⁵ kɐm³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Adjective

倒屎咁早

1. (Cantonese) very early in the morning

Synonyms

• 倒塔咁早 (dou² taap³ gam³ zou²)