老婆擔遮——陰功

Chinese

		wife; waifu	to carry an umbrella; to hold up an umbrella		good deed done in secret; hidden merit; cruel good deed done in secret; hidden merit; cruel; evil
trad. (老婆擔遮——陰功)		老婆	擔遮	——	陰功
simp. (老婆担遮——阴功)		老婆	担遮	——	阴功
Literally: “When the wife carries an umbrella, the husband is shaded.”

Etymology

Pun on the derived meaning 陰公／阴公 (jam¹ gung¹, “the husband is shaded”), which can also be interpreted as 陰公／阴公 (jam¹ gung¹, “pitiful; woeful”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ po⁴ daam¹ ze¹, jam¹ gung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ po⁴ daam¹ ze¹, jam¹ gung¹
    • Yale: lóuh pòh dāam jē, yām gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ po⁴ daam¹ dze¹, jam¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ po⁴ dam¹ zé¹, yem¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹ taːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

老婆擔遮——陰功

1. (Cantonese) pitiful; woeful

Coordinate terms

• 老公潑扇——悽涼／老公泼扇——凄凉