阿媽家姐

Chinese

		mom; mum; mummy mom; mum; mummy; woman servant, amah	my elder sister; elder sister
trad. (阿媽家姐)		阿媽	家姐
simp. (阿妈家姐)		阿妈	家姐
Literally: “mum and elder sister”.

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching from Japanese お任(まか)せ (omakase).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ maa¹ gaa¹ ze^2-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ maa¹ gaa¹ ze^2-1
    • Yale: a mā gā jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ maa¹ gaa¹ dze^2-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ma¹ ga¹ zé^2-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ maː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

阿媽家姐

1. (Cantonese) omakase
   • 2023, 方啟聰, 靈思, 100支酒與我和他和你 [100 Alcoholic Beverages], Hong Kong: 三聯書店（香港） [Joint Publishing (H.K.)], →ISBN, page 36:

     這天晚上我也是這樣，在bartender的介紹下我叫了威士忌的「阿媽家姐」（Omakase），由他發辦給我4杯威士忌。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     这天晚上我也是这样，在bartender的介绍下我叫了威士忌的「阿妈家姐」（Omakase），由他发办给我4杯威士忌。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ze² tin¹ maan⁵ soeng⁶ ngo⁵ jaa⁵ si⁶ ze² joeng⁶, zoi⁶ bartender dik¹ gaai³ siu⁶ haa⁶ ngo⁵ giu³ liu⁵ wai¹ si⁶ gei^6-2 dik¹ “aa³ maa¹ gaa¹ ze^2-1” (Omakase), jau⁴ taa¹ faat³ baan^6-2 kap¹ ngo⁵ sei³ bui¹ wai¹ si⁶ gei^6-2. [Jyutping]

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