跳蘑菇

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	mushroom; to dawdle; to dillydally
trad. (跳蘑菇)		跳	蘑菇
simp. #(跳蘑菇)		跳	蘑菇

Etymology

Named after the observation deck, which has a mushroom-shaped entrance.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ mo⁴ gu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ mo⁴ gu¹
    • Yale: tiu mòh gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ mo⁴ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ mo⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/

Verb

跳⫽蘑菇 (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, HKUST university slang, often humorous) to commit suicide by jumping off the observation deck at Atrium