四方木——踢一踢，喐一喐

Chinese

		the four directions	tree; wood		kick; play (football or soccer)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	kick; play (football or soccer)			one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (四方木——踢一踢，喐一喐)		四方	木	——	踢	一	踢	，	喐	一	喐
alternative forms		四方木——踢一踢，郁一郁
Literally: “A square wood - moves once when kicked once”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ fong¹ muk⁶, tek³ jat¹ tek³, juk¹ jat¹ juk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ fong¹ muk⁶, tek³ jat¹ tek³, juk¹ jat¹ juk¹
    • Yale: sei fōng muhk, tek yāt tek, yūk yāt yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ fong¹ muk⁹, tek⁸ jat⁷ tek⁸, juk⁷ jat⁷ juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ fong¹ mug⁶, tég³ yed¹ tég³, yug¹ yed¹ yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² tʰɛːk̚³ jɐt̚⁵ tʰɛːk̚³ jʊk̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

四方木——踢一踢，喐一喐

1. (Cantonese, figurative) being lazy or with passive attitude and only does own's job when asked to