泊個好碼頭
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to anchor; touch at; to moor | (a measure word); individual | good; well; be fond of | |||
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trad. (泊個好碼頭) | 泊 | 個 | 好 | 碼頭 | |
simp. (泊个好码头) | 泊 | 个 | 好 | 码头 | |
Literally: “to anchor at a good pier”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: paak3 go3 hou2 maa5 tau4
- Yale: paak go hóu máh tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: paak8 go3 hou2 maa5 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: pag3 go3 hou2 ma5 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːk̚³ kɔː³³ hou̯³⁵ maː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]泊個好碼頭
- (Cantonese, figuratively) to find an ideal person to accompany with