Question about 地東 and 畽
More stupid questions. :)What would 地東 mean, if anything? It cannot mean "district East" or Eastern district?I guess not. In Cantonese you cannot form genetives or adj+noun combinations the same way...
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but also why when the temperature reached 80 degrees Celsius See typos genuine Coach Coach inside the leather card (Creed) should be at the centerto prevent grease parchno time to remove it causing...
View ArticleRe: Hunger is the best spice
from google translate 飢餓是最好的香料.in Cantonese, i will say:肚餓係最好嘅調味or肚餓就乜都好食
View ArticleRe: 勁人 to describe elite?
More nicknames:大衛牙擦骚=David Letterman Show牙刷蘇=得棚牙, 牙斬斬 big talker
View ArticleQuestion about rainbow - 蝃蝀
In Mandarin Chinese 蝃蝀 is didong, is it dei dung in Cantonese?What do the individual parts of this expression mean, in other words what is 蝃 and what is 蝀 ? I cannot find the answer elsewhere.Thanks.
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
Ah, the latter character 蝀 has something do to with east, doesn't it?
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
蝃 Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut3蝀 Cantonese (Jyutping): dung1, dung2, dung3古時稱虹為「蝃蝀」。《詩經．鄘風．蝃蝀》：「蝃蝀在東，莫之敢指。」《詩經．鄘風》的篇名。共三章。根據〈詩序〉：「蝃蝀，止奔也。」或亦指既嫁之女而拒其他求婚者之詩。首章二句為：「蝃蝀在東，莫之敢指。」蝃蝀 jiè...
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
Thank you. Anyone has any idea how these words - 蝃蝀 - are pronounced in Teochew Chinese?I know the site [www.mogher.com] , but it does not give the answer.
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
Quotestudent456 In Mandarin Chinese 蝃蝀 is didong, is it dei dung in Cantonese?Quotepkchan 蝃 Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut3@pkchan,I don't know where you got zyut3, but, it should be dai3.Kobo.
View ArticleRe: Question about rainbow - 蝃蝀
‘Dai3’ and ‘zyut3’ are used for different compound words. See this link: [humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk]For 蝃蝀, it should be ‘dai3’ as variant of 螮蝀.
View ArticleRe: What is "Gordon" in cantonese?
Flash Gordon was translated as 飛俠哥頓. This is also the most common translation.
View Article@#$%& UK swimming in the sea or river risk after all Do not exercise every day
keep good health habits that I play football every ten obvious fat I arrived about what the oxygen effect. abdominal weight loss method the goal will be achieved. fat and greasy boys are not all like....
View ArticleRe: To puke
What I often hear in HK is still 劏白鶴, perhaps popular only among my (i.e. older) generation of people.
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hiI've come across this phrase and was wondering what it meant?明知不可而為之thank you
View ArticleRe: 步時新快餐後塵？
飲食籽 means “Food Column”, noted for its topical feature articles on local food for Apple Daily News. It is not the name of an eatery.
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