借聾耳陳隻耳

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	a fictional deaf person with surname Chan	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	ear
trad. (借聾耳陳隻耳)		借	聾耳陳	隻	耳
simp. (借聋耳陈只耳)		借	聋耳陈	只	耳
Literally: “to borrow Deaf-eared Chan's ear”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ can^4-2 zek³ ji⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ can^4-2 zek³ ji⁵
    • Yale: je lùhng yíh chán jek yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ tsan^4-2 dzek⁸ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ lung⁴ yi⁵ cen^4-2 zég³ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ lʊŋ²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sʰɐn²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ jiː¹³/

Verb

借⫽聾耳陳隻耳 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to turn a deaf ear; to pretend not to hear; to ignore someone's advice or opinion

   你係咪借咗聾耳陳隻耳呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你系咪借咗聋耳陈只耳呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ hai⁶ mai⁶ ze³ zo² lung⁴ ji⁵ can^4-2 zek³ ji⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Are you deaf? / Are you even listening to me?