荷蘭銀行支票

Chinese

			bank; jewellery dealer	cheque; check
trad. (荷蘭銀行支票)		荷蘭	銀行	支票
simp. (荷兰银行支票)		荷兰	银行	支票

Etymology

Calque of English Holland bank cheque, a disguised romanisation of Cantonese 好 (hou2, “very”) + 撚 (lan2, “fucking”) + 笨柒 (ban6 cat6, “stupid”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ laan¹ ngan⁴ hong⁴ zi¹ piu³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ laan¹ ngan⁴ hong⁴ zi¹ piu³
    • Yale: hòh lāan ngàhn hòhng jī piu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ laan¹ ngan⁴ hong⁴ dzi¹ piu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ lan¹ ngen⁴ hong⁴ ji¹ piu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ laːn⁵⁵ ŋɐn²¹ hɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/

Noun

荷蘭銀行支票

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (Hélán),‎ 銀行 / 银行 (yínháng),‎ 支票 (zhīpiào).

Idiom

荷蘭銀行支票

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous, euphemistic) very stupid