船頭驚鬼,船尾驚賊
Chinese
editto startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm |
ghost; sly; crafty | ship stern | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm |
thief | ||||
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trad. (船頭驚鬼,船尾驚賊) | 船頭 | 驚 | 鬼 | , | 船尾 | 驚 | 賊 | |
simp. (船头惊鬼,船尾惊贼) | 船头 | 惊 | 鬼 | , | 船尾 | 惊 | 贼 | |
Literally: “to fear ghosts at the bow and bandits at the stern”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syun4 tau4 geng1 gwai2, syun4 mei5 geng1 caak6
- Yale: syùhn tàuh gēng gwái, syùhn méih gēng chaahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn4 tau4 geng1 gwai2, syn4 mei5 geng1 tsaak9
- Guangdong Romanization: xun4 teo4 géng1 guei2, xun4 méi5 géng1 cag6
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹ mei̯¹³ kɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit船頭驚鬼,船尾驚賊