頂籠

Chinese

		go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")	basket; cage
trad. (頂籠)		頂	籠
simp. (顶笼)		顶	笼

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding² lung²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding² lung²
    • Yale: díng lúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding² lung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding² lung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

Adverb

頂籠

1. (Cantonese) at most

   隻股票頂籠上到三十六蚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   只股票顶笼上到三十六蚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zek³ gu² piu³ ding² lung² soeng⁵ dou³ saam¹ sap⁶ luk⁶ man¹. [Jyutping]

   This stock will rise to $36 at most.

   佢望落頂籠得廿歲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢望落顶笼得廿岁。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ mong⁶ lok⁶ ding² lung² dak¹ jaa⁶ seoi³. [Jyutping]

   He appears to be twenty years old at most.

Synonyms

• 充其量 (chōngqíliàng)
• 最多 (zuìduō)
• 極你濟／极你济 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 極其量／极其量 (gik⁶ kei⁴ loeng⁶) (Cantonese)
• 極加／极加 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 盡加／尽加 (Hokkien)
• 至多 (zhìduō)
• 頂多／顶多 (dǐngduō)

 

Verb

頂籠

1. (Cantonese) to reach the limit