小狗懶擦鞋

See also: 小狗懒擦鞋

Chinese

		puppy	lazy	to polish shoes; to fawn; to brownnose to polish shoes; to fawn; to brownnose; to bootlick
trad. (小狗懶擦鞋)		小狗	懶	擦鞋
simp. (小狗懒擦鞋)		小狗	懒	擦鞋
Literally: “The puppy is lazy to wipe its shoes.”

Etymology

Coined by Jimmy Pang Chi-ming as the title of his book about Cantonese profanities.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gau² laan⁵ caat³ haai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gau² laan⁵ caat³ haai⁴
    • Yale: síu gáu láahn chaat hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gau² laan⁵ tsaat⁸ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² geo² lan⁵ cad³ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ laːn¹³ t͡sʰaːt̚³ haːi̯²¹/

Phrase

小狗懶擦鞋

1. (Cantonese) A phrase containing words with similar sounds to the five profanities in Cantonese: 屌 (diu2), 㞗 (gau1), 撚 (lan2), 𨳍 (cat6), 閪／𲈹 (hai1).