食鹽多過食米

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	salt	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	rice; metre
trad. (食鹽多過食米)		食	鹽	多	過	食	米
simp. (食盐多过食米)		食	盐	多	过	食	米
Literally: “to have consumed more salt than rice”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jim⁴ do¹ gwo³ sik⁶ mai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ jim⁴ do¹ gwo³ sik⁶ mai⁵
    • Yale: sihk yìhm dō gwo sihk máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jim⁴ do¹ gwo³ sik⁹ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yim⁴ do¹ guo³ xig⁶ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jiːm²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ sɪk̚² mɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

食鹽多過食米

1. (Cantonese) to be experienced (especially in one's life, commonly used when a senior is criticizing a junior)

   我食鹽多過你食米！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我食盐多过你食米！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ sik⁶ jim⁴ do¹ gwo³ nei⁵ sik⁶ mai⁵! [Jyutping]

   I've experienced much more than you!