十月芥菜——起心

Chinese

		October; The modern name of the tenth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	Chinese mustard		to rise; to raise; to get up	heart; mind
trad. (十月芥菜——起心)		十月	芥菜	——	起	心
simp. #(十月芥菜——起心)		十月	芥菜	——	起	心
alternative forms		十月芥菜——起嗮心
Literally: “October Chinese mustard ― start a mind”.

Etymology

Chinese mustard is almost ready to be harvested in the winter, thus one that is grown til October has just grown out a core, thus started to have a core (mind).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ jyut⁶ gaai³ coi³, hei² sam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ jyut⁶ gaai³ coi³, hei² sam¹
    • Yale: sahp yuht gaai choi, héi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ jyt⁹ gaai³ tsoi³, hei² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yud⁶ gai³ coi³, héi² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jyːt̚² kaːi̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ hei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

十月芥菜——起心

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to describe a teenage girl who hopes to have a love relationship with a man