留返啖氣暖肚

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to return (to)	eat; taste; entice (with a bait)	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged	warm; toasty	belly; tripe
trad. (留返啖氣暖肚)		留	返	啖	氣	暖	肚
simp. (留返啖气暖肚)		留	返	啖	气	暖	肚
Literally: “save one's gas to keep one's stomach warm”.

Alternative forms

• 留返啖氣暖下肚 / 留返啖气暖下肚

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ to⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ to⁵
    • Yale: làuh fāan daahm hei nyúhn tóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyn⁵ to⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ fan¹ dam⁶ héi³ nün⁵ to⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ taːm²² hei̯³³ nyːn¹³ tʰɔː¹³/

Idiom

留返啖氣暖肚

1. (Cantonese) to save one's breath

   同佢講都嘥氣，你留返啖氣暖下肚好過啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   同佢讲都嘥气，你留返啖气暖下肚好过啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   tung⁴ keoi⁵ gong² dou¹ saai¹ hei³, nei⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ daam⁶ hei³ nyun⁵ haa⁵ tou⁵ hou² gwo³ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   It's no use telling him. You'd better save your breath to cool your porridge!