老貓燒鬚

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	cat	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	beard; moustache
trad. (老貓燒鬚)		老	貓	燒	鬚
simp. (老猫烧须)		老	猫	烧	须
Literally: “an old cat get its whiskers burnt”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ maau¹ siu¹ sou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ maau¹ siu¹ sou¹
    • Yale: lóuh māau sīu sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ maau¹ siu¹ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mao¹ xiu¹ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ maːu̯⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

老貓燒鬚

1. (Cantonese) an experienced person making mistakes or failing at something that should be familiar