痴痴呆呆，坐埋一檯

Chinese

				to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to blame; bury	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	table; desk
trad. (痴痴呆呆，坐埋一檯/癡癡呆呆，坐埋一檯/痴痴呆呆，坐埋一枱)		痴痴呆呆/癡癡呆呆	，	坐	埋	一	檯/枱
simp. (痴痴呆呆，坐埋一台)		痴痴呆呆	，	坐	埋	一	台
Literally: “those who are stupid sit at a table together”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ ci¹ ngoi⁴ ngoi⁴, co⁵ maai⁴ jat¹ toi⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ ci¹ ngoi⁴ ngoi⁴, co⁵ maai⁴ jat¹ toi⁴
    • Yale: chī chī ngòih ngòih, chóh màaih yāt tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ tsi¹ ngoi⁴ ngoi⁴, tso⁵ maai⁴ jat⁷ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ qi¹ ngoi⁴ ngoi⁴, co⁵ mai⁴ yed¹ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɔː¹³ maːi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Proverb

痴痴呆呆，坐埋一檯

1. (Cantonese) stupid people flock together

Synonyms

• 戇戇居居，圍埋一堆／戆戆居居，围埋一堆