𪘲牙聳䚗

Chinese

		to grin, to smile	tooth; ivory	excite; raise up; to shrug excite; raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering	claw
trad. (𪘲牙聳䚗)		𪘲	牙	聳	䚗
simp. (𬺌牙耸䚗)		𬺌	牙	耸	䚗
alternative forms		依牙鬆槓／依牙松杠 醫牙鬆鋼／医牙松钢 E牙鬆鋼／E牙松钢
Literally: “to grin and to raise one's claws”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ ngaa⁴ sung¹ gong³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ ngaa⁴ sung¹ gong³
    • Yale: yī ngàh sūng gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ ngaa⁴ sung¹ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ nga⁴ sung¹ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ ŋaː²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

𪘲牙聳䚗

1. (Cantonese) to do exaggerated actions or facial expressions (so as to complain about something)

   旁觀者不得𪘲牙聳䚗 [Cantonese, trad.]
   旁观者不得𬺌牙耸䚗 [Cantonese, simp.]

   pong⁴ gun¹ ze² bat¹ dak¹ ji¹ ngaa⁴ sung¹ gong³ [Jyutping]

   Don't be a back-seat driver when watching a chess or mahjong game (literally, "spectators should not make any facial expressions or give any gestures [to the players]")