非洲和尚——乞人憎

Chinese

		Africa	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk		to beg people to hate; annoying
trad. (非洲和尚——乞人憎)		非洲	和尚	——	乞人憎
simp. #(非洲和尚——乞人憎)		非洲	和尚	——	乞人憎
alternative forms		非洲和尚——黑人僧
Literally: “African monk ― black monk/annoying”.

Etymology

An African monk is a black monk (黑人僧 (hak1 jan4 zang1)), which is a humorous near-homophonic pun of 乞人憎 (hat1 jan4 zang1, “annoying”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ zau¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2, hat¹ jan⁴ zang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ zau¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2, hat¹ jan⁴ zang¹
    • Yale: fēi jāu wòh séung, hāt yàhn jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dzau¹ wo⁴ soeng^6-2, hat⁷ jan⁴ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ zeo¹ wo⁴ sêng^6-2, hed¹ yen⁴ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵ hɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

非洲和尚——乞人憎

1. (Cantonese, xiehouyu) annoying

Synonyms

• 乞人憎