靚到沊一聲

Chinese

		beautiful	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	onomatopoeia of splash	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (靚到沊一聲)		靚	到	沊	一	聲
simp. (靓到沊一声)		靓	到	沊	一	声
alternative forms		靚到dum一聲／靓到dum一声

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹
    • Yale: leng dou dám yāt sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ dou³ dam² jat⁷ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³ dou³ dem² yed¹ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ tou̯³³ tɐm³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

靚到沊一聲

1. (Cantonese) very beautiful, especially of a woman

   • 「沊！沊！沊！沊！沊！」「唔係呀嗎？咁正，你都抌？」「嘿嘿，靚到沊一聲」！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     「沊！沊！沊！沊！沊！」「唔系呀吗？咁正，你都抌？」「嘿嘿，靓到沊一声」！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1994, Stephen Chow, Hail the Judge (spoken by Tongzhi Emperor)

     “dam²! dam²! dam²! dam²! dam²!” “m⁴ hai⁶ aa⁶ maa^3-5? gam³ zeng³, nei⁵ dou¹ dam²?” “hei¹ hei¹, leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹”! [Jyutping]

     “Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!” “How can you let her go? She's so pretty!” “Hehe, I'm saying that she's gorgeous!” (original text was a pun of 沊 (dam², “sound of object dropping into water”) and 抌 (dam², “to throw away”))

Related terms

• 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)