餓狗搶屎

Chinese

		to be hungry; hungry	dog	fight over; to rush; to scramble fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch; against wind	stool; faeces
trad. (餓狗搶屎)		餓	狗	搶	屎
simp. (饿狗抢屎)		饿	狗	抢	屎
Literally: “a hungry dog snatches up shit/hungry dogs fighting for shit”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ gau² coeng² si²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁶ gau² coeng² si²
    • Yale: ngoh gáu chéung sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ gau² tsoeng² si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ geo² cêng² xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³⁵ siː³⁵/

Idiom

餓狗搶屎

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of a person gobbling
2. (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of people scrambling madly for something, even that not worth taking