跳蘑菇
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat |
mushroom; to dawdle; to dillydally | ||
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trad. (跳蘑菇) | 跳 | 蘑菇 | |
simp. #(跳蘑菇) | 跳 | 蘑菇 |
Etymology
[edit]Named after the observation deck, which has a mushroom-shaped entrance.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tiu3 mo4 gu1
- Yale: tiu mòh gū
- Cantonese Pinyin: tiu3 mo4 gu1
- Guangdong Romanization: tiu3 mo4 gu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːu̯³³ mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]跳⫽蘑菇 (verb-object)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, HKUST university slang, often humorous) to commit suicide by jumping off the observation deck at Atrium