賽跑冠軍

Chinese

		race; running; to race	champion
trad. (賽跑冠軍)		賽跑	冠軍
simp. (赛跑冠军)		赛跑	冠军
Literally: “running champion”.

Etymology

From the following dialogue between an elderly couple in a TV advertisement by the government:

燈又唔睇，有天橋又唔行，企又企到出一出，同啲車鬥快，仲以為自己好敏捷添！
我賽跑冠軍嚟㗎嘛，你都⋯⋯
我知，五十年前吖嘛！ [Cantonese, trad.]

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灯又唔睇，有天桥又唔行，企又企到出一出，同啲车斗快，仲以为自己好敏捷添！
我赛跑冠军嚟㗎嘛，你都⋯⋯
我知，五十年前吖嘛！ [Cantonese, simp.]

From: 長者行人安全 [Elderly Pedestrian Safety], 道路安全議會 [Road Safety Council]

dang¹ jau⁶ m⁴ tai², jau⁵ tin¹ kiu⁴ jau⁶ m⁴ haang⁴, kei⁵ jau⁶ kei⁵ dou³ ceot¹ jat¹ ceot¹, tung⁴ di¹ ce¹ dau³ faai³, zung⁶ ji⁵ wai⁴ zi⁶ gei² hou² man⁵ zit⁶ tim¹!
ngo⁵ coi³ paau² gun³ gwan¹ lei⁴ ga¹ maa³, nei⁵ dou¹ ⋯⋯
ngo⁵ zi¹, ng⁵ sap⁶ nin⁴ cin⁴ a¹ maa³! [Jyutping]

Not obeying the [traffic] lights, never taking the footbridge, always stepping right out into the road, trying to beat the speed of the traffic; you even think that you're so agile and fast!
I'm a running champion, you know…
I know you were, it was fifty years ago!

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ paau² gun³ gwan¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ paau² gun³ gwan¹
    • Yale: choi páau gun gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ paau² gun³ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ pao² gun³ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ pʰaːu̯³⁵ kuːn³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

賽跑冠軍

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) one (especially an elderly person with less agility) who ignores road safety (e.g. crossing a road illegally) and ends up in a traffic accident