蛇𠺌

Chinese

		snake; serpent	phonetic
simp. and trad. (蛇𠺌)		蛇	𠺌
alternative forms		蛇gwe 蛇呱

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English scare.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ gwe¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ gwe¹
    • Yale: sèh gwē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ gwe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ gué¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ kʷɛː⁵⁵/

Adjective

蛇𠺌

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) easily scared; timid; cowardly

   • 哥哥性格「蛇𠺌」，左顧右盼非常謹慎，猶如一台長期開啟的先進雷達；細佬性格率直，有前無後橫衝直撞，跌跌碰碰卻堅毅得像「瀟灑哥」一般的打不死小英雄。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     哥哥性格「蛇𠺌」，左顾右盼非常谨慎，犹如一台长期开启的先进雷达；细佬性格率直，有前无后横冲直撞，跌跌碰碰却坚毅得像「潇洒哥」一般的打不死小英雄。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2021, Kidult Daddy 毒男爸爸, 《毒男爸爸之論盡育兒手記》, page 82

     go^1-4 go¹ sing³ gaak³ “se⁴ gwe¹”, zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³ fei¹ soeng⁴ gan² san⁶, jau⁴ jyu⁴ jat¹ toi⁴ coeng⁴ kei⁴ hoi¹ kai² dik¹ sin¹ zeon³ leoi⁴ daat⁶; sai³ lou² sing³ gaak³ seot¹ zik⁶, jau⁵ cin⁴ mou⁴ hau⁶ waang⁴ cung¹ zik⁶ zong⁶, dit³ dit³ pung³ pung³ koek³ gin¹ ngai⁶ dak¹ zoeng⁶ “siu¹ saa² go¹” jat¹ bun¹ dik¹ daa² bat¹ sei² siu² jing¹ hung⁴. [Jyutping]

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