舂瘟雞
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Chinese
[edit]to pound (grain); beat | epidemic; pestilence; plague | fowl; chicken | ||
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trad. (舂瘟雞/舂瘟鷄) | 舂 | 瘟 | 雞/鷄 | |
simp. (舂瘟鸡) | 舂 | 瘟 | 鸡 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 wan1 gai1
- Yale: jūng wān gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 wan1 gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 wen1 gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]舂瘟雞
- (Cantonese) walking unsteadily, as a mad chicken
- (Cantonese) doing matters haphazardly