滾水淥腳
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]boiling water; very hot water | clear (water); strain liquids | role; foot; base | ||
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trad. (滾水淥腳) | 滾水 | 淥 | 腳 | |
simp. (滚水渌脚) | 滚水 | 渌 | 脚 | |
Literally: “boiling water scalds one's feet”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwan2 seoi2 luk6 goek3
- Yale: gwán séui luhk geuk
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwan2 soey2 luk9 goek8
- Guangdong Romanization: guen2 sêu2 lug6 gêg3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lʊk̚² kœːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]滾水淥腳