放鴿子

See also: 放鸽子

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	pigeon; dove
trad. (放鴿子)		放	鴿子
simp. (放鸽子)		放	鸽子
Literally: “to release a pigeon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàng gēzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ gap³ zi²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bang³ gab⁴ ze²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵faon ⁷keq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàng gēzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàng gezi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴ ko¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: fàng gē-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq ge.tzy
    • Palladius: фан гэцзы (fan gɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ gap³ zi²
    • Yale: fong gap jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ gap⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ geb³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ kɐp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang³ gab⁴ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pàng kap tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kap̚²⁻⁴ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵faon ⁷keq-tsy
    • MiniDict: faon^去 keh^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²faan ⁴keq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃⁴⁴  kəʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

放⫽鴿子 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to stand someone up; to fail to show up

   你竟敢放我鴿子！ [MSC, trad.]
   你竟敢放我鸽子！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jìng gǎn fàng wǒ gēzi! [Pinyin]

   How dare you stand me up!

2. (colloquial) to drive off passengers before arriving at the destination
3. (colloquial) to abandon someone from a group activity
4. (Wu) to speak idly; to go back on one's words

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	放鴿子, 晃點
	Malaysia	放飛機
	Singapore	放飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放飛機
	Hong Kong	放飛機
	Singapore (Guangfu)	放飛機
Southern Min	Tainan	放粉鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	放飛機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放飛機

• (to fail to show up): (Taiwan) 黃牛／黄牛 (huángniú); (Internet slang) 鴿／鸽 (gē), 咕 (gū)