豬乸會上樹

Chinese

		female pig; sow	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	tree
trad. (豬乸會上樹)		豬乸	會	上	樹
simp. (猪乸会上树)		猪乸	会	上	树
Literally: “a sow can climb up a tree”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ naa² wui⁵ soeng⁵ syu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ naa² wui⁵ soeng⁵ syu⁶
    • Yale: jyū ná wúih séuhng syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ naa² wui⁵ soeng⁵ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ na² wui⁵ sêng⁵ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ naː³⁵ wuːi̯¹³ sœːŋ¹³ syː²²/

Idiom

豬乸會上樹

1. (Cantonese) Used to satirize a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring: pigs might fly

   男人靠得住，豬乸會上樹！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   男人靠得住，猪乸会上树！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   naam⁴ jan^4-2 kaau³ dak¹ zyu⁶, zyu¹ naa² wui⁵ soeng⁵ syu⁶! [Jyutping]

   If men are reliable, pigs might fly! [i.e., men are unreliable]

Usage notes

Usually used as a part of the rhyming idiom ……靠得住，豬乸會上樹／……靠得住，猪乸会上树 (kaau³ dak¹ zyu⁶, zyu¹ naa² wui⁵ soeng⁵ syu⁶).