小貓三四隻

Chinese

		kitten	three	four	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
trad. (小貓三四隻)		小貓	三	四	隻
simp. (小猫三四只)		小猫	三	四	只
Literally: “three or four kittens”.

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² maau¹ saam¹ sei³ zek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² maau¹ saam¹ sei³ zek³
    • Yale: síu māau sāam sei jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² maau¹ saam¹ sei³ dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mao¹ sam¹ séi³ zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ sei̯³³ t͡sɛːk̚³/

Idiom

小貓三四隻

1. (Cantonese) a few people

   得返小貓三四隻 [Cantonese, trad.]
   得返小猫三四只 [Cantonese, simp.]

   dak¹ faan¹ siu² maau¹ saam¹ sei³ zek³ [Jyutping]

   only got a few people