海底石斑——好瘀

Chinese

		seabed; seafloor; bottom of the sea	grouper		very	embarrassing
trad. (海底石斑——好瘀)		海底	石斑	——	好	瘀
simp. #(海底石斑——好瘀)		海底	石斑	——	好	瘀
Literally: “grouper from the bottom of the sea—very embarrassing”.

Etymology

Pun on homophone pair 好瘀 (hou2 jyu2, “very embarrassing”) and 好魚／好鱼 (hou2 jyu4-2, “good fish”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² dai² sek⁶ baan¹, hou² jyu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² dai² sek⁶ baan¹, hou² jyu²
    • Yale: hói dái sehk bāan, hóu yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dai² sek⁹ baan¹, hou² jy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² dei² ség⁶ ban¹, hou² yu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵ sɛːk̚² paːn⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵ jyː³⁵/

Idiom

海底石斑——好瘀

1. very embarrassing

Alternative forms

• 深海石斑——好瘀