有食唔食，罪大惡極

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed		to have committed a grave sin and be evil to the extreme
trad. (有食唔食，罪大惡極)		有	食	唔	食	，	罪大惡極
simp. (有食唔食，罪大恶极)		有	食	唔	食	，	罪大恶极

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ sik⁶ m⁴ sik⁶, zeoi⁶ daai⁶ ok³ gik⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ sik⁶ m⁴ sik⁶, zeoi⁶ daai⁶ ok³ gik⁶
    • Yale: yáuh sihk m̀h sihk, jeuih daaih ok gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ sik⁹ m⁴ sik⁹, dzoey⁶ daai⁶ ok⁸ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xig⁶ m⁴ xig⁶, zêu⁶ dai⁶ og³ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ sɪk̚² m̩²¹ sɪk̚² t͡sɵy̯²² taːi̯²² ɔːk̚³ kɪk̚²/

Proverb

有食唔食，罪大惡極

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) if one can enjoy something but chooses to decline it, one has committed a grave sin