掂過轆蔗
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]straight; upright; settled straight; upright; settled; steady; OK |
more ... than | classifier for segments of a cylindrical object | sugar cane | ||
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trad. (掂過轆蔗) | 掂 | 過 | 轆 | 蔗 | |
simp. (掂过辘蔗) | 掂 | 过 | 辘 | 蔗 | |
alternative forms | 掂過碌蔗/掂过碌蔗 𠶧過轆蔗/𠶧过辘蔗 | ||||
Literally: “straighter than a piece of sugar cane”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dim6 gwo3 luk1 ze3
- Yale: dihm gwo lūk je
- Cantonese Pinyin: dim6 gwo3 luk7 dze3
- Guangdong Romanization: dim6 guo3 lug1 zé3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːm²² kʷɔː³³ lʊk̚⁵ t͡sɛː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]掂過轆蔗
- (Cantonese) finer than frog hair; everything is going well