死人冧樓

Chinese

		people die		house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (死人冧樓)		死人	冧	樓
simp. (死人冧楼)		死人	冧	楼
Literally: “people die and buildings collapse”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² jan⁴ lam³ lau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² jan⁴ lam³ lau^4-2
    • Yale: séi yàhn lam láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² jan⁴ lam³ lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² yen⁴ lem³ leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ lɐm³³ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

死人冧樓

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to have a disaster; to have a catastrophe

   你死人冧樓都要同我搞掂佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你死人冧楼都要同我搞掂佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sei² jan⁴ lam³ lau^4-2 dou¹ jiu³ tung⁴ ngo⁵ gaau² dim⁶ keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

   Finish the work no matter what happens.