士啤呔

Chinese

		spare; spare part; spare spare; spare part; spare; reserve	tyre
simp. and trad. (士啤呔)		士啤	呔
alternative forms		士啤軚／士啤𮷗

Etymology

Borrowed from English spare tyre.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ be¹ taai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
    • Yale: sih bē tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bé¹ tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɛː⁵⁵ tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

士啤呔 (Cantonese)

1. spare tyre (Classifier: 條／条 c)
2. (idiomatic) spare tyre; beer belly (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   • 要應付士啤呔，是一個艱巨的任務；而放棄處理，會有嚴重後果，不只外觀上。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     要应付士啤呔，是一个艰巨的任务；而放弃处理，会有严重后果，不只外观上。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016 February 24, 如何搣走士啤呔？, BK Milk 親子語

     jiu³ jing³ fu⁶ si⁶ be¹ taai¹, si⁶ jat¹ go³ gaan¹ geoi⁶ dik¹ jam⁶ mou⁶; ji⁴ fong³ hei³ cyu² lei⁵, wui⁵ jau⁵ jim⁴ zung⁶ hau⁶ gwo², bat¹ zi² ngoi⁶ gun¹ soeng⁶. [Jyutping]

     Dealing with your spare tyre is a difficult task, yet if you give up on dealing with it, there will be serious consequences, not just with outward appearance.

Synonyms

• (extra tyre): 備胎／备胎 (bèitāi); (Cantonese) 備呔／备呔
• (fat around midsection): 救生圈 (jiùshēngquān)

Derived terms

• 士啤呔爆埋