撩是鬥非

Chinese

		stitch; take; tease stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)	be; yes; this	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (撩是鬥非)		撩	是	鬥	非
simp. (撩是斗非)		撩	是	斗	非
alternative forms		撩事鬥非／撩事斗非

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ si⁶ dau³ fei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ si⁶ dau³ fei¹
    • Yale: lìuh sih dau fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ si⁶ dau³ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ xi⁶ deo³ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ siː²² tɐu̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

撩是鬥非

1. (Cantonese) to provoke a quarrel or a fight; to stir up trouble

Synonyms

• 惹是生非 (rěshìshēngfēi)
• 惹事生非 (rěshìshēngfēi)