吞泡

Chinese

		to swallow; to take	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
simp. and trad. (吞泡)		吞	泡
alternative forms		吞卜 吞朴 吞噗 吞pop 吞pot

Etymology

Said to have originally referred to the action of an idle opium smoker inhaling an opium bubble.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tan¹ pok¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tan¹ pok¹
    • Yale: tān pōk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tan¹ pok⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ten¹ pog¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ pʰɔːk̚⁵/

Verb

吞泡

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) to be lazy at work

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒
	Taiwan	偷懶
	Singapore	偷懶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	躲懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲懶, 隑懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞
	Hong Kong	偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡
	Dongguan	偷雞
Gan	Nanchang	偷懶
Hakka	Meixian	偷嫽
	Xingning	偷嫽, 怠懶
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	偷嫽
Jin	Taiyuan	偷懶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	躲懶
Southern Min	Xiamen	想惰
	Zhangzhou	想惰, 想死
	Penang (Hokkien)	食蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷懶