out syl

Chinese

Alternative forms

• out C, out-C, out-syl

Etymology

From clipping of English out of syllabus.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ si¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹ si¹
    • Yale: āu sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Adjective

out syl

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) out-of-syllabus; not included in syllabus; exceeding syllabus

   Antonym: in syl

Verb

out⫽syl (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, of topics and concepts) to be out of syllabus; to be excluded from syllabus
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, of question papers) to include questions or topics that are out of syllabus

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 超綱／超纲 (chāogāng)