雞啄唔斷

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	to peck	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (雞啄唔斷/鷄啄唔斷)		雞/鷄	啄	唔	斷
simp. (鸡啄唔断)		鸡	啄	唔	断
Literally: “someone would not stop, just like chicken poking”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ doeng¹ m⁴ tyun⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ doeng¹ m⁴ tyun⁵
    • Yale: gāi dēung m̀h tyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ doeng¹ m⁴ tyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ dêng¹ m⁴ tün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ tœːŋ⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tʰyːn¹³/

Idiom

雞啄唔斷

1. (Cantonese) to talk endlessly