凍過水

See also: 冻过水

Chinese

		to freeze	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	water; river
trad. (凍過水)		凍	過	水
simp. (冻过水)		冻	过	水
Literally: “colder than water”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung³ gwo³ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung³ gwo³ seoi²
    • Yale: dung gwo séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung³ gwo³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung³ guo³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³³ kʷɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 凍過水

1. (Cantonese) lacking hope; not looking good