靜雞雞

See also: 静鸡鸡

Chinese

		still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving	fowl; chicken	fowl; chicken
trad. (靜雞雞)		靜	雞	雞
simp. (静鸡鸡)		静	鸡	鸡

FWOTD – 15 April 2016

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ gai¹ gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ gai¹ gai¹
    • Yale: jihng gāi gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ gai¹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ gei¹ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² kɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

靜雞雞

1. (Cantonese) stealthily, quietly, in secret, secretively
   • 2015, 堂前燕, 黑眼睛‎^[1], 日閱堂, →ISBN, page 202:

     第二日起身返工，一個月後無咗件事，一年後政府靜雞雞把議案通過，到頭來一切都沒有改變過。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     第二日起身返工，一个月后无咗件事，一年后政府静鸡鸡把议案通过，到头来一切都没有改变过。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     dai⁶ ji⁶ jat⁶ hei² san¹ faan¹ gung¹, jat¹ go³ jyut⁶ hau⁶ mou⁴ zo² gin⁶ si⁶, jat¹ nin⁴ hau⁶ zing³ fu² zing⁶ gai¹ gai¹ baa² ji⁵ on³ tung¹ gwo³, dou³ tau⁴ loi⁴ jat¹ cai³ dou¹ mut⁶ jau⁵ goi² bin³ gwo³. [Jyutping]

     On the second day, I got up and went to work; after one month the matter had disappeared, after one year the government silently passed the motion; in the end nothing changed.

Alternative forms

• (Cantonese) 靜靜雞／静静鸡