唔服燒賣

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)	shumai
trad. (唔服燒賣)		唔	服	燒賣
simp. (唔服烧卖)		唔	服	烧卖

Etymology

燒賣／烧卖 is from 燒埋／烧埋 (siu¹ maai⁴, “to have already burned the corpse”), used in homicide cases in traditional Chinese courts.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ fuk⁶ siu¹ maai^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴ fuk⁶ siu¹ maai^6-2
    • Yale: m̀h fuhk sīu máai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ fuk⁹ siu¹ maai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ fug⁶ xiu¹ mai^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ fʊk̚² siːu̯⁵⁵ maːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

唔服⫽燒賣 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to be discontent

Synonyms

• 不服 (bùfú)