禾稈冚珍珠

Chinese

		straw		pearl; tapioca pearl
trad. (禾稈冚珍珠)		禾稈	冚	珍珠
simp. (禾秆冚珍珠)		禾秆	冚	珍珠
alternative forms		禾桿冚珍珠／禾杆冚珍珠 misspelling
Literally: “to cover pearls with straw”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ gon² kam² zan¹ zyu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ gon² kam² zan¹ zyu¹
    • Yale: wòh gón kám jān jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ gon² kam² dzan¹ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ gon² kem² zen¹ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ kɔːn³⁵ kʰɐm³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

禾稈冚珍珠

1. (Cantonese) to hide something of high value (especially of a person's appearance) with something ordinary