賣飛佛

Chinese

		sell	to fly	Buddha; Buddhism
trad. (賣飛佛)		賣	飛	佛
simp. (卖飞佛)		卖	飞	佛
Literally: “sell a flying buddha”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English my favourite. Popularized through a TV commercial of Ron Ng with Tai Lin.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ fei¹ fat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ fei¹ fat⁶
    • Yale: maaih fēi faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ fei¹ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ féi¹ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² fei̯⁵⁵ fɐt̚²/

Noun

賣飛佛

1. (Cantonese, neologism, humorous) my favourite