放鴿子
See also: 放鸽子
Chinese
editto release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out |
pigeon; dove | ||
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trad. (放鴿子) | 放 | 鴿子 | |
simp. (放鸽子) | 放 | 鸽子 | |
Literally: “to release a pigeon”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fong3 gap3 zi2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bang3 gab4 ze2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5faon 7keq-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fàng gezi̊h
- Wade–Giles: fang4 ko1-tzŭ5
- Yale: fàng gē-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq ge.tzy
- Palladius: фан гэцзы (fan gɛczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong3 gap3 zi2
- Yale: fong gap jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong3 gap8 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: fong3 geb3 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ³³ kɐp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bang3 gab4 ze2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pàng kap tsṳ́
- Sinological IPA (key): /paŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kap̚²⁻⁴ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Verb
edit放⫽鴿子 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- (colloquial, idiomatic) to stand someone up someone; to fail to show up
- (colloquial) to drive off passengers before arriving at the destination
- (colloquial) to abandon someone from a group activity
- (Wu) to speak idly; to go back on one's words
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]
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