畫公仔畫出腸

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	doll; cuddly toy; cartoon figure	draw; picture; painting	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	intestines
trad. (畫公仔畫出腸)		畫	公仔	畫	出	腸
simp. (画公仔画出肠)		画	公仔	画	出	肠
Literally: “to draw a cartoon person with intestines drawn out”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ gung¹ zai² waak⁶ ceot¹ coeng^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ gung¹ zai² waak⁶ ceot¹ coeng^4-2
    • Yale: waahk gūng jái waahk chēut chéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ gung¹ dzai² waak⁹ tsoet⁷ tsoeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ gung¹ zei² wag⁶ cêd¹ cêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ waːk̚² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

畫公仔畫出腸

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) to split hairs; to explain something explicitly; to give too much information; to reach too many details

   佢報告嘅時候畫公仔畫出腸，結果冇人明個重點。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢报告嘅时候画公仔画出肠，结果冇人明个重点。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ bou³ gou³ ge³ si⁴ hau⁶ waak⁶ gung¹ zai² waak⁶ ceot¹ coeng^4-2, git³ gwo² mou⁵ jan⁴ ming⁴ go³ zung⁶ dim². [Jyutping]

   S/he went into too much detail during his/her presentation, , no one understood the key points as a result.

   畫公仔唔使畫出腸嘅，你見我突然間買好多M巾就咪問我咩病啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   画公仔唔使画出肠嘅，你见我突然间买好多M巾就咪问我咩病啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   waa² gung¹ zai² m⁴ sai² waa² ceot¹ coeng⁴ ge³, nei⁵ gin³ ngo⁵ dat⁶ jin⁴ gaan¹ maai⁵ hou² do¹ em¹ gan¹ zau⁶ mai¹ man⁶ ngo⁵ me¹ beng⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   There’s no need to split hairs; don’t ask me what illness I have by seeing me suddenly buying a lot of sanitary pads.