雞乸咁大隻字

Chinese

		hen; female chicken, especially one that has laid eggs	(Cantonese) so	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (雞乸咁大隻字/鷄乸咁大隻字)		雞乸/鷄乸	咁	大	隻	字
simp. (鸡乸咁大只字)		鸡乸	咁	大	只	字
Literally: “writing as big as a hen”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ naa² gam³ daai⁶ zek³ zi⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ naa² gam³ daai⁶ zek³ zi⁶
    • Yale: gāi ná gam daaih jek jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ naa² gam³ daai⁶ dzek⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ na² gem³ dai⁶ zég³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ naː³⁵ kɐm³³ taːi̯²² t͡sɛːk̚³ t͡siː²²/

Idiom

雞乸咁大隻字

1. (Cantonese) words in very big font

   雞乸咁大隻字你都話睇唔到？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   鸡乸咁大只字你都话睇唔到？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gai¹ naa² gam³ daai⁶ zek³ zi⁶ nei⁵ dou¹ waa⁶ tai² m⁴ dou^3-2? [Jyutping]

   How can you say that you couldn't see that when it's already written in big fonts?