請食蝦條
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Chinese
[edit]to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
shrimp cracker; prawn cracker | ||
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trad. (請食蝦條) | 請 | 食 | 蝦條 | |
simp. (请食虾条) | 请 | 食 | 虾条 | |
Literally: “to invite to eat shrimp crackers”. |
Etymology
[edit]Based on 呃蝦條 / 呃虾条 (ngaak1 haa1 tiu4-2, “to fool a girl into having sex with one”, literally “to swindle shrimp crackers”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceng2 sik6 haa1 tiu4-2
- Yale: chéng sihk hā tíu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tseng2 sik9 haa1 tiu4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: céng2 xig6 ha1 tiu4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ sɪk̚² haː⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]請⫽食蝦條 (verb-object)