袋袋平安

Chinese

		a pouch; bag; sack a pouch; bag; sack; pocket	a pouch; bag; sack a pouch; bag; sack; pocket	safe and sound; safe; peaceful safe and sound; safe; peaceful; peaceful and at ease
trad. (袋袋平安)		袋	袋	平安
simp. #(袋袋平安)		袋	袋	平安
Literally: “put into bag, and then it would be safe”.

Etymology

Homophonic pun on 代代平安 (doi⁶ doi⁶ ping⁴ on¹, literally “wish every generation safe and sound”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ doi⁶ ping⁴ on¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ doi⁶ ping⁴ on¹
    • Yale: doih doih pìhng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ doi⁶ ping⁴ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ doi⁶ ping⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² tɔːi̯²² pʰɪŋ²¹ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

袋袋平安

1. (Cantonese) to keep something safe after receiving it, especially money