甩肺

Chinese

		fling	lung
trad. (甩肺)		甩	肺
simp. #(甩肺)		甩	肺
Literally: “to drop one's lungs out”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lat¹ fai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lat¹ fai³
    • Yale: lāt fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lat⁷ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: led¹ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³/

Verb

甩肺

1. Used (usually with 到) after a verb or adjective to describe its severity or intensity.

   咳到甩肺 [Cantonese]  ―  kat¹ dou³ lat¹ fai³ [Jyutping]  ―  to cough badly (literally, “to cough one's lungs out”)

   凍到甩肺／冻到甩肺 [Cantonese]  ―  dung³ dou³ lat¹ fai³ [Jyutping]  ―  extremely cold