東家唔打打西家

Chinese

		east	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	west	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (東家唔打打西家)		東	家	唔	打	打	西	家
simp. (东家唔打打西家)		东	家	唔	打	打	西	家

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gaa¹ m⁴ daa² daa² sai¹ gaa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ gaa¹ m⁴ daa² daa² sai¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: dūng gā m̀h dá dá sāi gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gaa¹ m⁴ daa² daa² sai¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ga¹ m⁴ da² da² sei¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ m̩²¹ taː³⁵ taː³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Proverb

東家唔打打西家

1. (Cantonese) one does not need to stick to the same company; jobs are always available somewhere