打羽毛球

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	feather ball; badminton; shuttlecock
trad. (打羽毛球)		打	羽毛球
simp. #(打羽毛球)		打	羽毛球

Etymology

From a syllabus of Citizenship, Economics and Society subject issued by Hong Kong Education Bureau, which suggested a hypothetical situation that a boy should go out to play badminton together in a sports hall when he gets physiological reaction while studying at home alone with his girlfriend.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ yǔmáoqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² jyu⁵ mou⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ yǔmáoqiú [Phonetic: dáyǔmáoqiú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ yǔmáocióu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ yü³-mao²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: dǎ yǔ-máu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa yeumauchyou
    • Palladius: да юймаоцю (da jujmaocju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² jyu⁵ mou⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: dá yúh mòuh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² jy⁵ mou⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² yu⁵ mou⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ jyː¹³ mou̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

打羽毛球

1. to play badminton
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, euphemistic, humorous) to Netflix and chill; to discuss Uganda; to have sex (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally)