阿婆走得快，一定有古怪

Chinese

		old woman	to run	degree complement	quickly		definitely; certainly	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	eccentric; odd; strange eccentric; odd; strange; comical; funny; amusing; witty
trad. (阿婆走得快，一定有古怪)		阿婆	走	得	快	，	一定	有	古怪
simp. #(阿婆走得快，一定有古怪)		阿婆	走	得	快	，	一定	有	古怪
alternative forms		亞婆走得快，一定有古怪／亚婆走得快，一定有古怪
Literally: “if an old lady runs quickly, definitely there is something odd”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ po⁴ zau² dak¹ faai³, jat¹ ding⁶ jau⁵ gu² gwaai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ po⁴ zau² dak¹ faai³, jat¹ ding⁶ jau⁵ gu² gwaai³
    • Yale: a pòh jáu dāk faai, yāt dihng yáuh gú gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ po⁴ dzau² dak⁷ faai³, jat⁷ ding⁶ jau⁵ gu² gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ po⁴ zeo² deg¹ fai³, yed¹ ding⁶ yeo⁵ gu² guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ pʰɔː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ faːi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²² jɐu̯¹³ kuː³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

Proverb

阿婆走得快，一定有古怪

1. (Cantonese, often humorous) something must be odd

Synonyms

• 阿婆行得快，一定有古怪