揼波鐘
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to delay | ball | clock; time | ||
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trad. (揼波鐘) | 揼 | 波 | 鐘 | |
simp. (揼波钟) | 揼 | 波 | 钟 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dam6 bo1 zung1
- Yale: dahm bō jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dam6 bo1 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: dem6 bo1 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐm²² pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]揼波鐘 (Cantonese)
- (especially of a ball game) to play for time
- to stall; to waste time