可惱也

Chinese

		irritating; annoying; aggravating irritating; annoying; aggravating; infuriating	also; too
trad. (可惱也)		可惱	也
simp. (可恼也)		可恼	也
alternative forms		可怒也 可鬧爺／可闹爷 call lao ye call now yeah call loud yeah

Etymology

From Yongzhou (in present day Nanning) Mandarin 可惱也／可恼也. Originally used in Cantonese opera, which was originally performed in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ko¹ naau¹ je¹ / ho¹ naau¹ je¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ko² lau² yie²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ko¹ naau¹ je¹ / ho¹ naau¹ je¹
    • Yale: kō nāau yē / hō nāau yē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ko¹ naau¹ je¹ / ho¹ naau¹ je¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ko¹ nao¹ yé¹ / ho¹ nao¹ yé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔː⁵⁵ naːu̯⁵⁵ jɛː⁵⁵/, /hɔː⁵⁵ naːu̯⁵⁵ jɛː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ko² lau² yie²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰᵘɔ⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵ jiɛ⁵⁵/

Phrase

可惱也

1. (Cantonese) irritating; infuriating; ridiculous
   • 1996, 先知, “暢言欄：「肺」作動”, in 嶺南人 [Lingnan Folk]‎^[1], number 64, page 15:

     你如果有料嘅話，所謂明人不做暗事，咪自己出張大字報反駁人哋囉，駛乜做埋呢咁鼠輩行為，仲要搞到我暢言欄成身鬼五馬六咁，真係可怒也。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你如果有料嘅话，所谓明人不做暗事，咪自己出张大字报反驳人哋啰，驶乜做埋呢咁鼠辈行为，仲要搞到我畅言栏成身鬼五马六咁，真系可怒也。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ jyu⁴ gwo² jau⁵ liu^6-2 ge³ waa^6-2, so² wai⁶ ming⁴ jan⁴ bat¹ zou⁶ am³ si⁶, mai⁶ zi⁶ gei² ceot¹ zoeng¹ daai⁶ zi⁶ bou³ faan² bok³ jan⁴ dei⁶ lo¹, sai² mat¹ zou⁶ maai⁴ ni¹ gam³ syu² bui³ hang⁴ wai⁴, zung⁶ jiu³ gaau² dou³ ngo⁵ coeng³ jin⁴ laan⁴ seng⁴ san¹ gwai² ng⁵ maa⁵ luk⁶ gam², zan¹ hai⁶ ko¹ naau¹ je¹. [Jyutping]

     If you're really hot stuff, as the saying goes, "A man in the light does not do things in the dark", put up a big-character poster to refute them then. Why do you need to do these petty things, making me, the Free Speech Zone, look totally eccentric? It's really ridiculous.

   • 2003, 關淑芬, 皆大歡喜II [Virtues of Harmony II]‎^[2], episode 276, spoken by 劉錦 (阮兆祥 [Louis Yuen]):

     可惱也，我未賭錢你就話我冇錢返屋企 [Cantonese, trad.]
     可恼也，我未赌钱你就话我冇钱返屋企 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ko¹ naau¹ je¹, ngo⁵ mei⁶ dou² cin^4-2 nei⁵ zau⁶ waa⁶ ngo⁵ mou⁵ cin^4-2 faan¹ uk¹ kei² [Jyutping]

     Ridiculous! I haven't gambled yet, and you're already saying I don't have money to go home

   • 2010 April 22, 謝偉俊 [Paul Tse], 會議過程正式紀錄 [Official Record of Proceedings] (香港立法會 [Legislative Council of Hong Kong])‎^[3], Hong Kong, page 5052:

     主席，我又聽到一些說法，說甚麼“禮崩樂壞”，我認為這是可惱也，究竟是哪些人在攪壞我們議會的建制、議會的規矩？ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     主席，我又听到一些说法，说什么“礼崩乐坏”，我认为这是可恼也，究竟是哪些人在搅坏我们议会的建制、议会的规矩？ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zyu² zik⁶, ngo⁵ jau⁶ teng¹ dou² jat¹ se¹ syut³ faat³, syut³ sam⁶ mo¹ “lai⁵ bang¹ ngok⁶ waai⁶”, ngo⁵ jing⁶ wai⁴ ze² si⁶ ko¹ naau¹ je¹, gau³ ging² si⁶ naa⁵ se¹ jan⁴ zoi⁶ gaau² waai⁶ ngo⁵ mun⁴ ji⁵ wui^6-2 dik¹ gin³ zai³, ji⁵ wui^6-2 dik¹ kwai¹ geoi²? [Jyutping]

     Chairman, I have also heard the mention of "the rites and music of decorum are in tatters". I find this very annoying. Who have disrupted the establishment and order in this Council?

   • 2017, 吳仲泉, 梁舜雯, 溏心風暴3 [Heart and Greed]‎^[4], episode 3, spoken by 梁順華 [Leung Shun Wah] (關菊英 [Susanna Kwan]):

     結果就搞到年年坐偏廳，坐歪，坐歪啊，可惱也！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     结果就搞到年年坐偏厅，坐歪，坐歪啊，可恼也！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     git³ gwo² zau⁶ gaau² dou³ nin⁴ nin⁴ co⁵ pin¹ teng¹, co⁵ me², co⁵ me² aa³, ko¹ naau¹ je¹! [Jyutping]

     Every year, you end up having to sit in the side room, on the side. On the side, how infuriating!