留返拜山先講

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to return (to)	to visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
trad. (留返拜山先講)		留	返	拜山	先	講
simp. (留返拜山先讲)		留	返	拜山	先	讲
Literally: “say when visiting ancestor's grave”.

Etymology

Two theories:

• Implying that one should say when one dies.
• When visiting ancestor's grave, it is believed that people are allowed to talk anything without any taboos according to customs.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ faan¹ baai³ saan¹ sin¹ gong²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ faan¹ baai³ saan¹ sin¹ gong²
    • Yale: làuh fāan baai sāan sīn góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ faan¹ baai³ saan¹ sin¹ gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ fan¹ bai³ san¹ xin¹ gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ faːn⁵⁵ paːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

留返拜山先講

1. (Cantonese, offensive) Said when one thinks that what someone saying is annoying.

   我而家唔得閒聽你講嘢，有嘢留返拜山先講啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我而家唔得闲听你讲嘢，有嘢留返拜山先讲啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴ teng¹ nei⁵ gong² je⁵, jau⁵ je⁵ lau⁴ faan¹ baai³ saan¹ sin¹ gong² laa¹! [Jyutping]

   I have no time to listen to you now. Please shut the hell up.