洗濕個頭
Chinese
editto wash; to bathe | moist; wet | (a measure word); individual | head; (noun suffix) | ||
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trad. (洗濕個頭/洗溼個頭) | 洗 | 濕/溼 | 個 | 頭 | |
simp. (洗湿个头) | 洗 | 湿 | 个 | 头 | |
Literally: “to wash one's head to become wet”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai2 sap1 go3 tau4
- Yale: sái sāp go tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai2 sap7 go3 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sei2 seb1 go3 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐp̚⁵ kɔː³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit洗濕⫽個頭 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to do something that one must continue doing once it was started
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- 對很多東西,我也有興趣,想研究一下。你知喇,一旦洗濕個頭,有排搞。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- deoi3 han2 do1 dung1 sai1, ngo5 jaa5 jau5 hing3 ceoi3, soeng2 jin4 gau3 jat1 haa5. nei5 zi1 laa1, jat1 daan3 sai2 sap1 go3 tau4, jau5 paai4 gaau2. [Jyutping]
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对很多东西,我也有兴趣,想研究一下。你知喇,一旦洗湿个头,有排搞。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
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