嘥銀時

Chinese

		waste	silver; money	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (嘥銀時)		嘥	銀	時
simp. (嘥银时)		嘥	银	时

Etymology

Humorous phono-semantic matching of English science. Literally 嘥銀時／嘥银时 (“waste money and time”), suggesting that science is a waste of time and money due to the lack of career paths.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai¹ ngan⁴ si⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saai¹ ngan⁴ si⁴
    • Yale: sāai ngàhn sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai¹ ngan⁴ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai¹ ngen⁴ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯⁵⁵ ŋɐn²¹ siː²¹/

Noun

嘥銀時

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang, humorous) science subjects or majors