老虎都打死幾隻

Chinese

		tiger; tractor	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
trad. (老虎都打死幾隻)		老虎	都	打	死	幾	隻
simp. (老虎都打死几只)		老虎	都	打	死	几	只
Literally: “can beat several tigers to death”.

Alternative forms

• 老虎都打死兩隻／老虎都打死两只

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ fu² dou¹ daa² sei² gei² zek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ fu² dou¹ daa² sei² gei² zek³
    • Yale: lóuh fú dōu dá séi géi jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ fu² dou¹ daa² sei² gei² dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ fu² dou¹ da² séi² géi² zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ taː³⁵ sei̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³/

Idiom

老虎都打死幾隻

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) fit as a fiddle