老公撥扇——淒涼

Chinese

		husband; elderly person	to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir	fan; to fan; (a measure word for doors, windows, etc.)		bleak; desolate; miserable bleak; desolate; miserable; forlorn
trad. (老公撥扇——淒涼)		老公	撥	扇	——	淒涼
simp. (老公拨扇——凄凉)		老公	拨	扇	——	凄凉
Literally: “the husband fans—the wife is cold”.

Etymology

A pun on 淒涼／凄凉, which is homophonous to 妻涼/妻凉 (“the wife is cold”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gung¹ put³ sin³, cai¹ loeng⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ló-kûng phat san, chhî-liòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ gung¹ pad⁵ san⁴, qi¹ liong²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gung¹ put³ sin³, cai¹ loeng⁴
    • Yale: lóuh gūng put sin, chāi lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gung¹ put⁸ sin³, tsai¹ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gung¹ pud³ xin³, cei¹ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰuːt̚³ siːn³³ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-kûng phat san, chhî-liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˋ gung^ˊ pad^ˋ san, qi^ˊ liong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ gung¹ pad⁵ san⁴, qi¹ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ kuŋ²⁴ pʰat̚² san⁵⁵ t͡sʰi²⁴ li̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lau³ gung¹ pad⁵ san⁴, qi¹ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰat̚¹ san⁵³ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ liɔŋ¹¹/

Idiom

老公撥扇——淒涼

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) bleak; miserable

Synonyms

• (Teochew) 老婆跋落溪——淒涼／老婆跋落溪——凄凉

Related terms

• 老婆擔遮——陰功／老婆担遮——阴功