扯貓尾
Chinese
editpull; tear; to talk casually | cat | tail | ||
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trad. (扯貓尾) | 扯 | 貓 | 尾 | |
simp. (扯猫尾) | 扯 | 猫 | 尾 | |
Literally: “to pull a cat's tail”. |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ce2 maau1 mei5
- Yale: ché māau méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tse2 maau1 mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: cé2 mao1 méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit扯⫽貓尾 (verb-object)