small potato

Chinese

Etymology

From English small potatoes.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ mo¹ pou⁶ tei¹ tou⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ mo¹ pou⁶ tei¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: sih mō pouh tēi tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ mo¹ pou⁶ tei¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ mo¹ pou⁶ téi¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² mɔː⁵⁵ pʰou̯²² tʰei̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

(for some speakers) IPA^(key): /smɔː⁵⁵ pʰou̯²² tʰei̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

Noun

small potato

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) small potatoes; a person of relatively little importance