上面蒸鬆糕，下面賣涼粉

Chinese

		above; over; on top of above; over; on top of; surface	to steam	Cantonese sponge cake; song gao		underside; below; beneath underside; below; beneath; under; next in order; following	sell	liangfen; grass jelly
trad. (上面蒸鬆糕，下面賣涼粉)		上面	蒸	鬆糕	，	下面	賣	涼粉
simp. (上面蒸松糕，下面卖凉粉)		上面	蒸	松糕	，	下面	卖	凉粉
Literally: “to steam sponge cakes above and sell grass jelly below”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ min⁶ zing¹ sung¹ gou¹, haa⁶ min⁶ maai⁶ loeng⁴ fan²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ min⁶ zing¹ sung¹ gou¹, haa⁶ min⁶ maai⁶ loeng⁴ fan²
    • Yale: seuhng mihn jīng sūng gōu, hah mihn maaih lèuhng fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ min⁶ dzing¹ sung¹ gou¹, haa⁶ min⁶ maai⁶ loeng⁴ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ min⁶ jing¹ sung¹ gou¹, ha⁶ min⁶ mai⁶ lêng⁴ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² miːn²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ haː²² miːn²² maːi̯²² lœːŋ²¹ fɐn³⁵/

Idiom

上面蒸鬆糕，下面賣涼粉

1. (Cantonese, figurative) wearing much on top but little on the bottom