廁所點燈——找屎
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to light a lamp | to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return |
stool; faeces | ||||
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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
[edit]Pun on homophonous 找屎 (zaau2 si2) and 找死 (zaau2 si2).
Pronunciation
[edit]- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]廁所點燈——找屎