洗腳唔抹腳

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	role; foot; base	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	role; foot; base
trad. (洗腳唔抹腳)		洗	腳	唔	抹	腳
simp. (洗脚唔抹脚)		洗	脚	唔	抹	脚
Literally: “to wash one's feet but not wipe the feet”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² goek³ m⁴ maat³ goek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² goek³ m⁴ maat³ goek³
    • Yale: sái geuk m̀h maat geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² goek⁸ m⁴ maat⁸ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² gêg³ m⁴ mad³ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ kœːk̚³ m̩²¹ maːt̚³ kœːk̚³/

Idiom

洗腳唔抹腳

1. (Cantonese) to expend lavishly without consideration on other aspects (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)