手指拗出唔拗入

Chinese

		finger; flash drive; thumb drive	stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	to enter
trad. (手指拗出唔拗入)		手指	拗	出	唔	拗	入
simp. #(手指拗出唔拗入)		手指	拗	出	唔	拗	入
Literally: “fingers bend out and don't bend in”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zi² aau² ceot¹ m⁴ aau² jap⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zi² aau² ceot¹ m⁴ aau² jap⁶
    • Yale: sáu jí áau chēut m̀h áau yahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzi² aau² tsoet⁷ m⁴ aau² jap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ji² ao² cêd¹ m⁴ ao² yeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ aːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ m̩²¹ aːu̯³⁵ jɐp̚²/

Idiom

手指拗出唔拗入

1. (Cantonese) to take the side of outsiders rather than one's own

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 胳膊肘朝外拐 (“to side with outsiders rather than one's own”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胳膊肘朝外拐, 胳膊肘往外拐, 胳膊肘向外拐
Mandarin	Beijing	胳膊肘兒往外拐
	Yantai (Muping)	胳膊肘兒往外拐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指拗出, 手指拗出唔拗入
	Hong Kong	手指拗出唔拗入
Jin	Xinzhou	胳膊往外曲