手停口停

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	to stop; to halt; to park (a car)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
simp. and trad. (手停口停)		手	停	口	停
Literally: “[once] the hands stop, the mouth stops”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² ting⁴ hau² ting⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² ting⁴ hau² ting⁴
    • Yale: sáu tìhng háu tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² ting⁴ hau² ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ting⁴ heo² ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

手停口停

1. (Cantonese) living on a starvation wage; barely able to feed oneself; living on the edge