大交合

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (大交合)		大	交	合
alternative forms		大膠合／大胶合 大膠盒／大胶盒

Etymology

Alteration of 天文台 (tin1 man4 toi4, “Hong Kong Observatory”). Pun on 交合 (gaau1 hap6, “sexual intercourse”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gaau¹ hap⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gaau¹ hap⁶
    • Yale: daaih gāau hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gaau¹ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gao¹ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kaːu̯⁵⁵ hɐp̚²/

Proper noun

大交合

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, humorous or sarcastic) Hong Kong Observatory