食玻璃大

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	glass	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (食玻璃大)		食	玻璃	大
simp. #(食玻璃大)		食	玻璃	大
Literally: “to grow up eating glass”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶
    • Yale: sihk bō lēi daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ bo¹ léi^4-1 dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

Verb

食玻璃大

1. (Cantonese) to (think of oneself as) be(ing) transparent (but actually blocking someone else's sight)

   你食玻璃大㗎？咪企喺度阻住大家睇電視啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你食玻璃大㗎？咪企喺度阻住大家睇电视啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶ gaa⁴? mai⁵ kei⁵ hai² dou⁶ zo² zyu⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ tai² din⁶ si⁶ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   You think you're transparent? Don't just stand here and block everyone's view of the TV!

Usage notes

Usually used to tell someone off.