食蕉

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	banana
trad. (食蕉)		食	蕉
simp. #(食蕉)		食	蕉

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ ziu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ ziu¹
    • Yale: sihk jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From the resemblance of shape of banana with a penis.

Verb

食⫽蕉 (verb-object) (Cantonese)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 食,‎ 蕉: to eat a banana
2. (figurative, vulgar) to perform oral sex

   Synonyms: 口交 (kǒujiāo), 含撚

3. (figurative, vulgar, derogatory) to go eat shit; to go to hell

   Synonyms: 含撚, 食屎

   請你食蕉。／请你食蕉。 [Cantonese]  ―  ceng² nei⁵ sik⁶ ziu¹. [Jyutping]  ―  Go fuck yourself. (literally, “[I] invite you to have a banana.”)

Synonyms

• 喫蕉／吃蕉 (jaak3 ziu1)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English security.

Noun

食蕉

1. (Cantonese, humorous) security guard

   • 食蕉！家下可以畀人打完又打、打完又打、打完又打、打完又打嘅咩? [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2002, Johnnie To, Fat Choi Spirit

     sik⁶ ziu¹! gaa¹ haa^6-5 ho² ji⁵ bei² jan⁴ daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa² ge³ me¹? [Jyutping]

     Security guards! How can we let people play [the same game] again and again and again and again?

Synonyms

• 保安 (bǎo'ān)
• 保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
• (Cantonese) 看更 (kāngēng)
• (Hong Kong Cantonese) 石Q