阿崩叫狗——越叫越走

Chinese

		person with a cleft lip or missing incisors	to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	dog		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
simp. and trad. (阿崩叫狗——越叫越走)		阿崩	叫	狗	——	越	叫	越	走
alternative forms		阿崩叫狗——愈叫愈走
Literally: “A person with a cleft lip calls a dog - the more he calls, the farther it runs”.

Etymology

狗 (gau²) and 走 (zau²) have similar pronunciation in Cantonese except the initial consonants. The dog may hear 走 (zau², “run”) instead of 狗 (gau², “dog”) when the speech is not clear.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ bang¹ giu³ gau², jyut⁶ giu³ jyut⁶ zau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ bang¹ giu³ gau², jyut⁶ giu³ jyut⁶ zau²
    • Yale: a bāng giu gáu, yuht giu yuht jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ bang¹ giu³ gau², jyt⁹ giu³ jyt⁹ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ beng¹ giu³ geo², yud⁶ giu³ yud⁶ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ pɐŋ⁵⁵ kiːu̯³³ kɐu̯³⁵ jyːt̚² kiːu̯³³ jyːt̚² t͡sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

阿崩叫狗——越叫越走

1. (Cantonese) the more control one exerts on someone, the less he/she complies; to not listen to others and go one's way