十個煲八個蓋

Chinese

		ten	(a measure word); individual	pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	eight	(a measure word); individual	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (十個煲八個蓋)		十	個	煲	八	個	蓋
simp. (十个煲八个盖)		十	个	煲	八	个	盖
Literally: “ten pots and eight lids”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ go³ bou¹ baat³ go³ goi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ go³ bou¹ baat³ go³ goi³
    • Yale: sahp go bōu baat go goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ go³ bou¹ baat⁸ go³ goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ go³ bou¹ bad³ go³ goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ paːt̚³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

Idiom

十個煲八個蓋

1. (Cantonese) Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖
   • 2021 September 15, “落區聽取意見 選委：我們面向市民”, in 大公報‎^[1], page A8:

     她又提到，工程師的收入待遇較其他工程專業低，多年來未見改善，而年輕人越來越重視生活與工作平衡，但目前行內不少人工時超長，特別是私人顧問工程公司，經常是「十個煲八個蓋」，人手不足，希望日後能得到改善。

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