等個孫燒畀我

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	(a measure word); individual	grandson	to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	confer on; give to	I; me
trad. (等個孫燒畀我)		等	個	孫	燒	畀	我
simp. (等个孙烧畀我)		等	个	孙	烧	畀	我
alternative forms		等個孫燒俾我／等个孙烧俾我 等個孫燒比我／等个孙烧比我
Literally: “to let my grandson burn it [as sacrificial offerings] for me”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² go³ syun¹ siu¹ bei² ngo⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² go³ syun¹ siu¹ bei² ngo⁵
    • Yale: dáng go syūn sīu béi ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² go³ syn¹ siu¹ bei² ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² go³ xun¹ xiu¹ béi² ngo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ kɔː³³ syːn⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³/

Idiom

等個孫燒畀我

1. (Cantonese, slang, humorous) Used to describe something (usually comics) that is taking a long time between releases. Implies that something is not likely to happen within one's lifetime.

   成年都未出新一本漫畫，睇怕都係要等個孫燒畀我喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   成年都未出新一本漫画，睇怕都系要等个孙烧畀我喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   seng⁴ nin⁴ dou¹ mei⁶ ceot¹ san¹ jat¹ bun² maan⁶ waa^6-2, tai² paa³ dou¹ hai⁶ jiu³ dang² go³ syun¹ siu¹ bei² ngo⁵ laa³. [Jyutping]

   It's been almost a year and yet there hasn't been a new comic release. I reckon the release will happen when Hell freezes over.

Synonyms

• 個孫燒畀我／个孙烧畀我