拜神唔見雞

Chinese

		to worship a deity; to offer sacrifices to a deity	to lose	chicken
trad. (拜神唔見雞/拜神唔見鷄)		拜神	唔見	雞/鷄
simp. (拜神唔见鸡)		拜神	唔见	鸡
Literally: “to worship the gods and lose the chicken [that was prepared for worship]”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ san⁴ m⁴ gin³ gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai³ san⁴ m⁴ gin³ gai¹
    • Yale: baai sàhn m̀h gin gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ san⁴ m⁴ gin³ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai³ sen⁴ m⁴ gin³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ sɐn²¹ m̩²¹ kiːn³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

拜神唔見雞

1. (Cantonese) to be nagging or talkative