黑白天鵝——日哦夜哦

Chinese

		black and white	swan		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to nag	night	to nag
trad. (黑白天鵝——日哦夜哦)		黑白	天鵝	——	日	哦	夜	哦
simp. (黑白天鹅——日哦夜哦)		黑白	天鹅	——	日	哦	夜	哦
Literally: “black and white swans — to nag day and night”.

Etymology

A xiehouyu playing on the homophones 鵝 / 鹅 (ngo⁴, “goose”) and 哦 (ngo⁴, “to nag”), thus the first part being able to be interpreted as black and white sky-geese (swans) or as black (night) and white (day) sky nagging.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ baak⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁶ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴ / haak¹ baak⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁶ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ baak⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁶ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴ / haak¹ baak⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁶ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴
    • Yale: hāk baahk tīn ngòh, yaht ngòh yeh ngòh / hāak baahk tīn ngòh, yaht ngòh yeh ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ baak⁹ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁹ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴ / haak⁷ baak⁹ tin¹ ngo⁴, jat⁹ ngo⁴ je⁶ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ bag⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, yed⁶ ngo⁴ yé⁶ ngo⁴ / hag¹ bag⁶ tin¹ ngo⁴, yed⁶ ngo⁴ yé⁶ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ paːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ jɐt̚² ŋɔː²¹ jɛː²² ŋɔː²¹/, /haːk̚⁵ paːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ jɐt̚² ŋɔː²¹ jɛː²² ŋɔː²¹/

Idiom

黑白天鵝——日哦夜哦

1. (Cantonese) to nag endlessly