山大斬埋有柴

Chinese

		mountain; hill	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	behead; chop	to blame; bury	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	firewood
trad. (山大斬埋有柴)		山	大	斬	埋	有	柴
simp. (山大斩埋有柴)		山	大	斩	埋	有	柴
Literally: “if the hill is large enough there will be enough firewood”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ daai⁶ zaam² maai⁴ jau⁵ caai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ daai⁶ zaam² maai⁴ jau⁵ caai⁴
    • Yale: sāan daaih jáam màaih yáuh chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ daai⁶ dzaam² maai⁴ jau⁵ tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ dai⁶ zam² mai⁴ yeo⁵ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² t͡saːm³⁵ maːi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Idiom

山大斬埋有柴

1. (Cantonese) many a mickle makes a muckle