洗濕個頭

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	moist; wet	(a measure word); individual	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (洗濕個頭/洗溼個頭)		洗	濕/溼	個	頭
simp. (洗湿个头)		洗	湿	个	头
Literally: “to wash one's head to become wet”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² sap¹ go³ tau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² sap¹ go³ tau⁴
    • Yale: sái sāp go tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² sap⁷ go³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² seb¹ go³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐp̚⁵ kɔː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

洗濕⫽個頭 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to do something that one must continue doing once it was started
   • 2020, 周和, 《六爻占測美》, Hong: 超媒體出版有限公司, →ISBN, page 99:

     對很多東西，我也有興趣，想研究一下。你知喇，一旦洗濕個頭，有排搞。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     对很多东西，我也有兴趣，想研究一下。你知喇，一旦洗湿个头，有排搞。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     deoi³ han² do¹ dung¹ sai¹, ngo⁵ jaa⁵ jau⁵ hing³ ceoi³, soeng² jin⁴ gau³ jat¹ haa⁵. nei⁵ zi¹ laa¹, jat¹ daan³ sai² sap¹ go³ tau⁴, jau⁵ paai⁴ gaau². [Jyutping]

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