得閒死唔得閒病
Chinese
editto have the time; to be available; to have extra free time | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
unavailable; busy; not free | ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect | ||
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trad. (得閒死唔得閒病/得閑死唔得閑病) | 得閒/得閑 | 死 | 唔得閒/唔得閑 | 病 | |
simp. (得闲死唔得闲病) | 得闲 | 死 | 唔得闲 | 病 | |
Literally: “to have time for death but have not time for illness”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dak1 haan4 sei2 m4 dak1 haan4 beng6
- Yale: dāk hàahn séi m̀h dāk hàahn behng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dak7 haan4 sei2 m4 dak7 haan4 beng6
- Guangdong Romanization: deg1 han4 séi2 m4 deg1 han4 béng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐk̚⁵ haːn²¹ sei̯³⁵ m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ haːn²¹ pɛːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit得閒死唔得閒病