失匙夾萬
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to lose; to miss; to fail | spoon; key | safe | ||
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trad. (失匙夾萬) | 失 | 匙 | 夾萬 | |
simp. (失匙夹万) | 失 | 匙 | 夹万 | |
Literally: “a safe whose key is lost”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sat1 si4 gaap3 maan6
- Yale: sāt sìh gaap maahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sat7 si4 gaap8 maan6
- Guangdong Romanization: sed1 xi4 gab3 man6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ kaːp̚³ maːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]失匙夾萬