北角夜總會——麗池

Chinese

		North Point	nightclub		Lai Chi
trad. (北角夜總會——麗池)		北角	夜總會	——	麗池
simp. (北角夜总会——丽池)		北角	夜总会	——	丽池
Literally: “Nightclub in North Point: The Ritz Night Club”.

Etymology

Pun on 麗池 (lai6 ci4, “The Ritz Night Club”) and 例遲 (lai6 ci4, “habitually late”). The former is a nightclub near North Point, and also name of a general area 麗池 (lai6 ci4, “Lai Chi”) named after the nightclub, in present-day Quarry Bay.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gok³ je⁶ zung² wui^6-2, lai⁶ ci⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gok³ je⁶ zung² wui^6-2, lai⁶ ci⁴
    • Yale: bāk gok yeh júng wúi, laih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gok⁸ je⁶ dzung² wui^6-2, lai⁶ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gog³ yé⁶ zung² wui^6-2, lei⁶ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɔːk̚³ jɛː²² t͡sʊŋ³⁵ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵ lɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

北角夜總會——麗池

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) habitually late; always late; frequently late

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong Cantonese) 北角過啲——麗池／北角过啲——丽池, 北角對落——麗池／北角对落——丽池