執手尾

See also: 执手尾

Chinese

		to pick up; to clean up	unfinished tasks; loose ends; problems following an event
trad. (執手尾)		執	手尾
simp. (执手尾)		执	手尾
alternative forms		輯手尾／辑手尾

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zap¹ sau² mei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zap² siu² mei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zap¹ sau² mei⁵
    • Yale: jāp sáu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ sau² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ seo² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zap² siu² mei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁵⁵ siu⁵⁵ ᵐbei⁵⁵/

Verb

執手尾

1. (Cantonese) to pick up after somebody else; to clean up somebody else's mess

   我又同你執手尾。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我又同你执手尾。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ jau⁶ tung⁴ nei⁵ zap¹ sau² mei⁵. [Jyutping]

   So, I still have to pick up after you again.

See also

• 收尾 (shōuwěi)
• 收拾殘局／收拾残局