擡棺材甩褲——失禮死人

Chinese

			coffin; 8 circle	fling	drawers; trousers; pants		to lack manners; to be impolite; to breach etiquette to lack manners; to be impolite; to breach etiquette; I'm sorry; excuse me	dead person; corpse
trad. (擡棺材甩褲——失禮死人/抬棺材甩褲——失禮死人)		擡/抬	棺材	甩	褲	——	失禮	死人
simp. (抬棺材甩裤——失礼死人)		抬	棺材	甩	裤	——	失礼	死人
Literally: “Pants come off when carrying the coffin - disgrace to the dead/very disgraceful”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ gun¹ coi⁴ lat¹ fu³, sat¹ lai⁵ sei² jan⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ gun¹ coi⁴ lat¹ fu³, sat¹ lai⁵ sei² jan⁴
    • Yale: tòih gūn chòih lāt fu, sāt láih séi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ gun¹ tsoi⁴ lat⁷ fu³, sat⁷ lai⁵ sei² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ gun¹ coi⁴ led¹ fu³, sed¹ lei⁵ séi² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ lɐt̚⁵ fuː³³ sɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

擡棺材甩褲——失禮死人

1. (Cantonese) very disgraceful; very disrespectful