食玻璃大

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	glass	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (食玻璃大)		食	玻璃	大
simp. #(食玻璃大)		食	玻璃	大
Literally: “to grow up eating glass”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶
    • Yale: sihk bō lēi daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ bo¹ léi^4-1 dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

Verb

食玻璃大

1. (Cantonese) to (think of oneself as) be(ing) transparent (but actually blocking someone else's sight)

   你食玻璃大㗎？咪企喺度阻住大家睇電視啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你食玻璃大㗎？咪企喺度阻住大家睇电视啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶ gaa⁴? mai⁵ kei⁵ hai² dou⁶ zo² zyu⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ tai² din⁶ si⁶ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   You think you're transparent? Don't just stand here and block everyone's view of the TV!

   • 1998, 真情 [A Kindred Spirit]‎^[1], episode 820, spoken by 歸亞美 [May May] (馬蹄露 [Celine Ma]):

     喂，有鬍鬚嗰個啊，你食玻璃大㗎，抑或你練咗隱形神功啊？你唔見人哋喺度睇緊電視㗎咩？阻住晒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     喂，有胡须嗰个啊，你食玻璃大㗎，抑或你练咗隐形神功啊？你唔见人哋喺度睇紧电视㗎咩？阻住晒。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     wai³, jau⁵ wu⁴ sou¹ go² go³ aa³, nei⁵ sik⁶ bo¹ lei^4-1 daai⁶ gaa⁴, jik¹ waa⁶ nei⁵ lin⁶ zo² jan² jing⁴ san⁴ gung¹ aa³? nei⁵ m⁴ gin³ jan⁴ dei⁶ hai² dou⁶ tai² gan² din⁶ si⁶ gaa³ me¹? zo² zyu⁶ saai³. [Jyutping]

     Hey, you with the beard, did you grow up eating glass, or did you train up some superpower of invisibility? Don't you see people are watching TV? Such a nuisance.

Usage notes

Usually used to tell someone off.