壽星公吊頸——嫌命長

Chinese

		god of longevity; birthday man	to hang oneself		to "resent that one's life is too long": to do dangerous things
trad. (壽星公吊頸——嫌命長)		壽星公	吊頸	——	嫌命長
simp. (寿星公吊颈——嫌命长)		寿星公	吊颈	——	嫌命长
Literally: “the God of Longevity hangs himself - dissatisfied for living too long”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ sing¹ gung¹ diu³ geng², jim⁴ meng⁶ coeng⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ sing¹ gung¹ diu³ geng², jim⁴ meng⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sauh sīng gūng diu géng, yìhm mehng chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ sing¹ gung¹ diu³ geng², jim⁴ meng⁶ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ xing¹ gung¹ diu³ géng², yim⁴ méng⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ kɛːŋ³⁵ jiːm²¹ mɛːŋ²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

壽星公吊頸——嫌命長

1. (Cantonese, xiehouyu) to look for trouble (a phrase used to describe people who do dangerous things)