上面蒸鬆糕,下面賣涼粉
Chinese
editto steam | Cantonese sponge cake; song gao | sell | liangfen; grass jelly | |||||
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trad. (上面蒸鬆糕,下面賣涼粉) | 上面 | 蒸 | 鬆糕 | , | 下面 | 賣 | 涼粉 | |
simp. (上面蒸松糕,下面卖凉粉) | 上面 | 蒸 | 松糕 | , | 下面 | 卖 | 凉粉 | |
Literally: “to steam sponge cakes above and sell grass jelly below”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: soeng6 min6 zing1 sung1 gou1, haa6 min6 maai6 loeng4 fan2
- Yale: seuhng mihn jīng sūng gōu, hah mihn maaih lèuhng fán
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng6 min6 dzing1 sung1 gou1, haa6 min6 maai6 loeng4 fan2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng6 min6 jing1 sung1 gou1, ha6 min6 mai6 lêng4 fen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ²² miːn²² t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ haː²² miːn²² maːi̯²² lœːŋ²¹ fɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit上面蒸鬆糕,下面賣涼粉
- (Cantonese, figurative) wearing much on top but little on the bottom