舉腳

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	role; foot; base
trad. (舉腳)		舉	腳
simp. (举脚)		举	脚
Literally: “to raise one's foot”.

Etymology

Exaggeration of 舉手／举手 (“to raise one's hand”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² goek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² goek³
    • Yale: géui geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ kœːk̚³/

Verb

舉腳

1. (Hong Kong, hyperbolic) to signal agreement or support

   舉腳贊成／举脚赞成 [Cantonese]  ―  geoi² goek³ zaan³ sing⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to greatly support