犀飛利

Chinese

		rhinoceros	to fly	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (犀飛利)		犀	飛	利
simp. (犀飞利)		犀	飞	利

Etymology

Built on 犀利 (sai¹ lei⁶).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ fei¹ lei⁶ / sai¹ fei¹ lei^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ fei¹ lei⁶ / sai¹ fei¹ lei^6-2
    • Yale: sāi fēi leih / sāi fēi léi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ fei¹ lei⁶ / sai¹ fei¹ lei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ féi¹ léi⁶ / sei¹ féi¹ léi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ lei̯²²/, /sɐi̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ lei̯²²⁻³⁵/

Adjective

犀飛利

1. (Cantonese) very impressive; very amazing
   • 2015 April 10, 南凱因, 《詭異日常事件II》, Hong Kong: 點子出版, →ISBN, page 66:

     廉政公署真的犀飛利！成立不足一年，平均每日就要處理近十宗有關警察貪污瀆職之投訴個案。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     廉政公署真的犀飞利！成立不足一年，平均每日就要处理近十宗有关警察贪污渎职之投诉个案。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     lim⁴ zing³ gung¹ cyu⁵ zan¹ dik¹ sai¹ fei¹ lei⁶! sing⁴ laap⁶ bat¹ zuk¹ jat¹ nin⁴, ping⁴ gwan¹ mui⁵ jat⁶ zau⁶ jiu³ cyu² lei⁵ gan⁶ sap⁶ zung¹ jau⁵ gwaan¹ ging² caat³ taam¹ wu¹ duk⁶ zik¹ zi¹ tau⁴ sou³ go³ on³. [Jyutping]

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