儆惜

Chinese

		warn; admonish	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
trad. (儆惜)		儆	惜
simp. #(儆惜)		儆	惜
alternative forms		擏惜 敬惜 擏錫／擏锡 儆錫／儆锡 鏡錫／镜锡

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng⁶ sek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiang-siak

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng⁶ sek³
    • Yale: gehng sek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng⁶ sek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng⁶ ség³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ²² sɛːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiang-siak
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiang xiag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiang⁴ xiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ si̯ak̚²/

Verb

儆惜

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to cherish; to treasure; to take good care of something
   • 2022, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     本店地方淺窄　有請各位賓客　吃還吃　自己背脊自己擏錫 [Cantonese, trad.]
     本店地方浅窄　有请各位宾客　吃还吃　自己背脊自己擏锡 [Cantonese, simp.]

     bun² dim³ dei⁶ fong¹ cin² zaak³, jau⁵ cing² gok³ wai^6-2 ban¹ haak³, hek³ waan⁴ hek³, zi⁶ gei² bui³ zek³ zi⁶ gei² geng⁶ sek³ [Jyutping]

     Our shop is small and narrow. Dear customers, please don't just eat; you've got to watch out for your back yourselves.