剝花生

See also: 剥花生

Chinese

		peel; to skin	peanut
trad. (剝花生)		剝	花生
simp. (剥花生)		剥	花生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōhuāshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok¹ faa¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōhuāshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bohuasheng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-hua¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: bwō-hwā-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bohuasheng
    • Palladius: бохуашэн (boxuašɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok¹ faa¹ sang¹
    • Yale: mōk fā sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁷ faa¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog¹ fa¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚⁵ faː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

剝⫽花生 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to shell peanuts, to scale peanuts
2. (Cantonese, idiomatic) to sit aside and shell peanuts while the pair attending matchmaking talk to each other (usually as a younger sibling of the female side dispatched by parents); to be the third wheel; to act as the relaxed observer
3. (Cantonese, neologism) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are

   Synonym: 食花生

   剝花生等睇戲 [Cantonese, trad.]
   剥花生等睇戏 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mok¹ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³ [Jyutping]

   to shell peanuts and wait for the show to play

See also

• (Mandarin) 打醬油／打酱油 (dǎ jiàngyóu)
• 電燈膽／电灯胆