等埋發叔

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	to blame; bury	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	uncle in direct address
trad. (等埋發叔)		等	埋	發	叔
simp. (等埋发叔)		等	埋	发	叔
Literally: “to wait for Lau Wong-fat”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² maai⁴ faat³ suk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² maai⁴ faat³ suk¹
    • Yale: dáng màaih faat sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² maai⁴ faat⁸ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² mai⁴ fad³ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ maːi̯²¹ faːt̚³ sʊk̚⁵/

Phrase

等埋發叔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Used as an excuse for being late. [2015]