煲底

Chinese

		pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (煲底)		煲	底
simp. #(煲底)		煲	底

Etymology

The protest area is so called because it is under the Council block, which resembles a pot.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ dai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ dai²
    • Yale: bōu dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

煲底

1. (Cantonese, literal) bottom of a pot
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) protest area of the Legislative Council Complex

Hypernyms

• (protest area of the Legislative Council Complex): 示威區 (“protest area”)