得閒死唔得閒病

Chinese

		to 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
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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ haan⁴ sei² m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴ beng⁶

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• 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/

Idiom

得閒死唔得閒病

1. (Cantonese) to be extremely busy