豈有此佢

Chinese

		how can it be that	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	this; these	(Cantonese) he
trad. (豈有此佢)		豈	有	此	佢
simp. (岂有此佢)		岂	有	此	佢

Etymology

Based on a reanalysis of 豈有此理／岂有此理 (hei² jau⁵ ci² lei⁵) as *豈有此你／岂有此你 (hei² jau⁵ ci² nei⁵), with the second-person pronoun 你 (nei⁵) switched to the third-person 佢 (keoi⁵).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² jau⁵ ci² keoi⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² jau⁵ ci² keoi⁵
    • Yale: héi yáuh chí kéuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² jau⁵ tsi² koey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yeo⁵ qi² kêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ kʰɵy̯¹³/

Idiom

豈有此佢

1. (Cantonese, proscribed, possibly humorous) outrageous; how dare he/she?