一時唔偷雞就做保長

Chinese

		for a time; once	not	to steal chickens; to do something sneakily and unnoticeably for one's own benefit or convenience	then	to be; to act as	leader of a bao in the baojia system
trad. (一時唔偷雞就做保長/一時唔偷鷄就做保長)		一時	唔	偷雞/偷鷄	就	做	保長
simp. (一时唔偷鸡就做保长)		一时	唔	偷鸡	就	做	保长
Literally: “to act as the leader of the bao the one time they do not steal chickens”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zau⁶ zou⁶ bou² zoeng²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zau⁶ zou⁶ bou² zoeng²
    • Yale: yāt sìh m̀h tāu gāi jauh jouh bóu jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ dzau⁶ dzou⁶ bou² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁴ m⁴ teo¹ gei¹ zeo⁶ zou⁶ bou² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ m̩²¹ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² t͡sou̯²² pou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Phrase

一時唔偷雞就做保長

1. Alternative form of 一時唔偷雞做保長／一时唔偷鸡做保长