閻羅王探病——問你死未
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See also: 阎罗王探病——问你死未
Chinese
[edit]to visit a sick person or patient | to ask | you | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | ||||
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trad. (閻羅王探病——問你死未) | 閻羅王 | 探病 | —— | 問 | 你 | 死 | 未 | |
simp. (阎罗王探病——问你死未) | 阎罗王 | 探病 | —— | 问 | 你 | 死 | 未 | |
Literally: “Yama visits a sick person—to ask you if you are going to die yet”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jim4 lo4 wong4 taam3 beng6, man6 nei5 sei2 mei6
- Yale: yìhm lòh wòhng taam behng, mahn néih séi meih
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim4 lo4 wong4 taam3 beng6, man6 nei5 sei2 mei6
- Guangdong Romanization: yim4 lo4 wong4 tam3 béng6, men6 néi5 séi2 méi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm²¹ lɔː²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰaːm³³ pɛːŋ²² mɐn²² nei̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ mei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]閻羅王探病——問你死未
- (Cantonese) to be up to no good; to have ulterior motives; to be in serious trouble
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