偷雞唔到蝕揸米

Chinese

		to bluff	to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at	eat up slowly; eclipse		rice; metre
trad. (偷雞唔到蝕揸米/偷鷄唔到蝕揸米)		偷雞/偷鷄	唔到	蝕	揸	米
simp. (偷鸡唔到蚀揸米)		偷鸡	唔到	蚀	揸	米
alternative forms		偷雞唔到蝕拃米／偷鷄唔到蝕拃米／偷鸡唔到蚀拃米 偷雞唔到蝕渣米／偷鷄唔到蝕渣米／偷鸡唔到蚀渣米 偷雞唔到折揸米／偷鷄唔到折揸米／偷鸡唔到折揸米

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ gai¹ m⁴ dou² sit⁶ zaa¹ mai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ gai¹ m⁴ dou² sit⁶ zaa¹ mai⁵
    • Yale: tāu gāi m̀h dóu siht jā máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ gai¹ m⁴ dou² sit⁹ dzaa¹ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ gei¹ m⁴ dou² xid⁶ za¹ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tou̯³⁵ siːt̚² t͡saː⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/

Idiom

偷雞唔到蝕揸米

1. (Cantonese) to try to gain an advantage, only to end up worse off and suffer losses

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷雞不成蝕把米 (“to try to gain an advantage, only to end up worse off and suffer losses”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷雞不成蝕把米, 偷雞不著蝕把米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕把米
	Hong Kong	偷雞唔到蝕揸米