廁所點燈——找屎

Chinese

		toilet; bathroom; lavatory toilet; bathroom; lavatory; WC	to light a lamp		to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb) to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return	stool; faeces
trad. (廁所點燈——找屎)		廁所	點燈	——	找	屎
simp. (厕所点灯——找屎)		厕所	点灯	——	找	屎
Literally: “to light a lamp in a toilet: to look for faeces”.

Etymology

Pun on homophonous 找屎 (zaau² si²) and 找死 (zaau² si²).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ so² dim² dang¹, zaau² si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ so² dim² dang¹, zaau² si²
    • Yale: chi só dím dāng, jáau sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ so² dim² dang¹, dzaau² si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ so² dim² deng¹, zao² xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɔː³⁵ tiːm³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːu̯³⁵ siː³⁵/

Idiom

廁所點燈——找屎

1. (Cantonese) to court death