大石砸死蟹
Chinese
[edit]big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
rock; stone; 10 pecks | to weigh down | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
crab | ||
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| trad. (大石砸死蟹) | 大 | 石 | 砸 | 死 | 蟹 | |
| simp. #(大石砸死蟹) | 大 | 石 | 砸 | 死 | 蟹 | |
| alternative forms | 大石責死蟹／大石责死蟹 大石磧死蟹／大石碛死蟹 大石笮死蟹 | |||||
| Literally: “Big rock weighs down on a dead crab.” | ||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 sek6 zaak3 sei2 haai5
- Yale: daaih sehk jaak séi háaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 sek9 dzaak8 sei2 haai5
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 ség6 zag3 séi2 hai5
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² sɛːk̚² t͡saːk̚³ sei̯³⁵ haːi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]大石砸死蟹