食無情雞

Chinese

		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

See 無情雞／无情鸡 (mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹
    • Yale: sihk mòuh chìhng gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ mou⁴ tsing⁴ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ mou⁴ qing⁴ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² mou̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽無情雞 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to be fired