煩過梵蒂岡

Chinese

		feel vexed; to bother	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	Vatican City
trad. (煩過梵蒂岡)		煩	過	梵蒂岡
simp. (烦过梵蒂冈)		烦	过	梵蒂冈
Literally: “having more trouble than the Vatican City”.

Etymology

A pun on the first syllable of 梵蒂岡, which is often homophonous to 煩.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ gwo³ faan⁴ dai³ gong¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ gwo³ faan⁴ dai³ gong¹
    • Yale: fàahn gwo fàahn dai gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ gwo³ faan⁴ dai³ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ guo³ fan⁴ dei³ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ kʷɔː³³ faːn²¹ tɐi̯³³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

煩過梵蒂岡

1. (Cantonese) very annoying; very troublesome; full of trouble