掟煲唔掟蓋

Chinese

		to throw a cooking pot; to break up	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not		cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (掟煲唔掟蓋)		掟煲	唔	掟	蓋
simp. (掟煲唔掟盖)		掟煲	唔	掟	盖
Literally: “to throw a pot but not the lid”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deng³ bou¹ m⁴ deng³ goi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deng³ bou¹ m⁴ deng³ goi³
    • Yale: deng bōu m̀h deng goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: deng³ bou¹ m⁴ deng³ goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: déng³ bou¹ m⁴ déng³ goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːŋ³³ pou̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɛːŋ³³ kɔːi̯³³/

Verb

掟煲唔掟蓋

1. (Cantonese, of a couple) to break up but still maintain contact