揼雞

Chinese

			fowl; chicken
trad. (揼雞/揼鷄)		揼	雞/鷄
simp. (揼鸡)		揼	鸡
alternative forms		泵雞／泵鸡 dum雞／dum鸡

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dam³ gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dam³ gai¹
    • Yale: dam gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dam³ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dem³ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐm³³ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

揼雞

1. (Cantonese, slang) to conceal one's strength
   • 1988, “咪當我老襯”, 許冠傑, 黎彼得 (lyrics), performed by 許冠傑:

     你泵雞咩　冇要緊　最怕你出老千　想搵我笨 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你泵鸡咩　冇要紧　最怕你出老千　想揾我笨 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ dam³ gai¹ me¹, mou⁵ jiu³ gan², zeoi³ paa³ nei⁵ ceot¹ lou⁵ cin¹, soeng² wan² ngo⁵ ban⁶ [Jyutping]

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   • 2012, 回到三國 [Three Kingdoms RPG], episode 1, spoken by 司馬信 (馬國明):

     揼雞，即係三十六計之欲擒先縱 [Cantonese, trad.]
     揼鸡，即系三十六计之欲擒先纵 [Cantonese, simp.]

     dam⁶ gai¹, zik¹ hai⁶ saam¹ sap⁶ luk⁶ gai³ zi¹ juk⁶ kam⁴ sin¹ zung³ [Jyutping]

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