一個招牌砸落嚟都砸死幾件

Chinese

			signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business, company or product	smash; smashed	to come down; to come south	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	smash; smashed	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
trad. (一個招牌砸落嚟都砸死幾件)		一個	招牌	砸	落嚟	都	砸	死	幾	件
simp. (一个招牌砸落嚟都砸死几件)		一个	招牌	砸	落嚟	都	砸	死	几	件
Literally: “even an advertisement sign falling down would kill several of them”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go³ ziu¹ paai⁴ zaak⁶ lok⁶ lei⁴ dou¹ zaak⁶ sei² gei² gin⁶ / jat¹ go³ ziu¹ paai⁴ zaak⁶ lok⁶ lai⁴ dou¹ zaak⁶ sei² gei² gin⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ go³ ziu¹ paai⁴ zaak⁶ lok⁶ lei⁴ dou¹ zaak⁶ sei² gei² gin⁶ / jat¹ go³ ziu¹ paai⁴ zaak⁶ lok⁶ lai⁴ dou¹ zaak⁶ sei² gei² gin⁶
    • Yale: yāt go jīu pàaih jaahk lohk lèih dōu jaahk séi géi gihn / yāt go jīu pàaih jaahk lohk làih dōu jaahk séi géi gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go³ dziu¹ paai⁴ dzaak⁹ lok⁹ lei⁴ dou¹ dzaak⁹ sei² gei² gin⁶ / jat⁷ go³ dziu¹ paai⁴ dzaak⁹ lok⁹ lai⁴ dou¹ dzaak⁹ sei² gei² gin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go³ jiu¹ pai⁴ zag⁶ log⁶ léi⁴ dou¹ zag⁶ séi² géi² gin⁶ / yed¹ go³ jiu¹ pai⁴ zag⁶ log⁶ lei⁴ dou¹ zag⁶ séi² géi² gin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡saːk̚² lɔːk̚² lei̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡saːk̚² sei̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ kiːn²²/, /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡saːk̚² lɔːk̚² lɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡saːk̚² sei̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ kiːn²²/

Idiom

一個招牌砸落嚟都砸死幾件

1. (Cantonese, of people) a dime a dozen; ten a penny

Synonyms

• 一個招牌砸落嚟／一个招牌砸落嚟
• 一個招牌砸落嚟都砸死幾個／一个招牌砸落嚟都砸死几个
• 一個招牌跌落嚟都砸死幾件／一个招牌跌落嚟都砸死几件
• 一個招牌跌落嚟都砸死幾個／一个招牌跌落嚟都砸死几个