戴頭盔

Chinese

		to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)
trad. (戴頭盔)		戴	頭盔
simp. (戴头盔)		戴	头盔

Etymology

Back-formation from 又要威，又要戴頭盔／又要威，又要戴头盔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai³ tau⁴ kwai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai³ tau⁴ kwai¹
    • Yale: daai tàuh kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai³ tau⁴ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai³ teo⁴ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

戴⫽頭盔 (verb-object)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 戴 (dài),‎ 頭盔／头盔 (tóukuī).
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to put up a disclaimer or cautiously word in fear of having to take responsibility for making mistakes [2010s]

See also

• 又要威，又要戴頭盔／又要威，又要戴头盔