食無情雞
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Contents
1
Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Verb
Chinese
[
edit
]
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
merciless chicken;
dismissal
;
termination
of
employment
merciless chicken;
dismissal
;
termination
of
employment
;
pink slip
trad.
(
食無情雞
/
食無情鷄
)
食
無情雞
/
無情鷄
simp.
(
食无情鸡
)
食
无情鸡
Literally:
“to eat a merciless chicken”.
Etymology
[
edit
]
See
無情雞
/
无情鸡
(
mou
4
cing
4
gai
1
)
Pronunciation
[
edit
]
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sik
6
mou
4
cing
4
gai
1
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
sik
6
mou
4
cing
4
gai
1
Yale
:
sihk mòuh chìhng g
ā
i
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sik
9
mou
4
tsing
4
gai
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
xig
6
mou
4
qing
4
gei
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sɪk̚² mou̯
²¹
t͡sʰɪŋ
²¹
kɐi̯
⁵⁵
/
Verb
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]
食⫽無情雞
(
verb-object
)
(
Cantonese
,
euphemistic
)
to be
fired
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:
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Cantonese lemmas
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Cantonese verbs
Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
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