監硬

Chinese

		supervisor; hard; strong supervisor; hard; strong; solid; firm; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (監硬)		監	硬
simp. (监硬)		监	硬

Etymology

From 夾硬／夹硬, where /p/ is changed to /m/ due to regressive nasal assimilation.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam³ ngaang^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam³ ngaang^6-2
    • Yale: gaam ngáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam³ ngaang^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam³ ngang^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³³ ŋaːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

Adverb

監硬

1. (Cantonese) forcibly; by force

   • 然後捉左隻貓。監硬塞落個缸度。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     然后捉左只猫。监硬塞落个缸度。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1954 March 8, 多食猫肉生怪病 鼠肉治療可延命, in 《大漢公報》 (The Chinese Times), page 5

     jin⁴ hau⁶ zuk¹ zo² zek³ maau¹. gaam³ ngaang^6-2 sak¹ lok⁶ go³ gong¹ dou⁶. [Jyutping]

     Then she caught a cat and forced it into the crock.

Synonyms

• 夾硬／夹硬
• 格硬