做盛行

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (做盛行)		做	盛	行

Etymology

Shortened from earlier 做乜盛行 as attested in Cantonese Made Easy (1907). 盛 is an honorific adjective as contrasted to the humble term 敝行.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ sing⁶ hong⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ sing⁶ hong⁴
    • Yale: jouh sihng hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ sing⁶ hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ xing⁶ hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² sɪŋ²² hɔːŋ²¹/

Phrase

做盛行

1. (Cantonese, honorific) what's your job; what do you do for a living

   請問先生做盛行呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   请问先生做盛行呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ceng² man⁶ sin¹ saang¹ zou⁶ sing⁶ hong⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]

   May I ask what do you do for a living, sir?

Synonyms

• 做邊行／做边行 (zou6 bin1 hong4)