劏白鶴

Chinese

		to kill; to slaughter; to butcher	Siberian crane; Siberian white crane; snow crane
trad. (劏白鶴)		劏	白鶴
simp. (㓥白鹤)		㓥	白鹤
Literally: “to slaughter white cranes”.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 湯白喝?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong¹ baak⁶ hok⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong¹ baak⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: tōng baahk hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong¹ baak⁹ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong¹ bag⁶ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚² hɔːk̚²/

Verb

劏⫽白鶴 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to vomit due to excessive drinking of alcohol