走趯

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to jump; way of stroke in calligraphy
trad. (走趯)		走	趯
simp. #(走趯)		走	趯
alternative forms		走笛

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² dek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² dek³
    • Yale: jáu dek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² dek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² dég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tɛːk̚³/

Verb

走趯

1. (Cantonese) to go around and do errands
   • 1976, “半斤八兩”, in 半斤八兩 (“The Private Eyes”), performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直頭係壞腸胃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai², tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek³ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶. [Jyutping]

     We workers are constantly running around everywhere, that's really bad for the digestive system.

Derived terms

• 走走趯趯