識do

Chinese

		to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge	to do; to work
trad. (識do)		識	do
simp. (识do)		识	do

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ du¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ du¹
    • Yale: sīk dū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ du¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ du¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ tuː⁵⁵/

Verb

識do

1. (Cantonese) to know the what is the best or correct thing to be done
   • 1987, “做人要識Do”, in 潮流興夾Band, performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     幾大識Do，識Do　就會好少被人燉你冬菇　唔會被人整蠱 [Cantonese, trad.]
     几大识Do，识Do　就会好少被人炖你冬菇　唔会被人整蛊 [Cantonese, simp.]

     gei² daai^6-2 sik¹ du¹, sik¹ du¹, zau⁶ wui⁵ hou² siu² bei² jan⁴ dan⁶ nei⁵ dung¹ gu¹, m⁴ wui⁵ bei² jan⁴ zing² gu² [Jyutping]

     no matter what, do the right thing / then you'll rarely get demoted / and you won't get pranked

   • (Can we date this quote?), 沙龍 (lyrics and music), “澳門朋友 Macau Friend”, performed by 尹光 [Wan Kwong]:

     識do收吓嗲 [Cantonese, trad.]
     识do收吓嗲 [Cantonese, simp.]

     sik¹ du¹ sau¹ haa⁵ de¹ [Jyutping]

     know what is the right thing to do and shut up

Synonyms

• 識做／识做