埋右

Chinese

		to blame; bury	right (-hand)
simp. and trad. (埋右)		埋	右
Literally: “and also right”.

Etymology

Pun on homophonous 咗 (zo², “sentence final particle used to denote past action”) and 左 (zo², “left”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ jau⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ jau⁶
    • Yale: màaih yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ jɐu̯²²/

Phrase

埋右

1. (Cantonese, neologism, humorous) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   笑咗，笑埋右 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   siu³ zo², siu³ maai⁴ jau⁶ [Jyutping]

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