跳灰士

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	phonetic
trad. (跳灰士)		跳	灰士
simp. #(跳灰士)		跳	灰士
alternative forms		跳fuse

Etymology

跳 (tiu³) +‎ English fuse.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ fiu¹ si^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ fiu¹ si^6-2
    • Yale: tiu fīu sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ fiu¹ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ fiu¹ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ fiːu̯⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

跳⫽灰士 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to blow a fuse; to overload an electric circuit