食玻璃大
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Chinese
[edit]eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
glass | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor | ||
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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
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik6 bo1 lei4-1 daai6
- Yale: sihk bō lēi daaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9 bo1 lei4-1 daai6
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6 bo1 léi4-1 dai6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚² pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]食玻璃大
- (Cantonese) to (think of oneself as) be(ing) transparent (but actually blocking someone else's sight)
Usage notes
[edit]Usually used to tell someone off.