滾水淥腳

Chinese

		boiling water; very hot water	clear (water); strain liquids	role; foot; base
trad. (滾水淥腳)		滾水	淥	腳
simp. (滚水渌脚)		滚水	渌	脚
Literally: “boiling water scalds one's feet”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² seoi² luk⁶ goek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan² seoi² luk⁶ goek³
    • Yale: gwán séui luhk geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² soey² luk⁹ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen² sêu² lug⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lʊk̚² kœːk̚³/

Idiom

滾水淥腳

1. (Cantonese) in a hurry