鬼殺咁嘈
Chinese
editghost; sly; crafty | to kill; to murder; to slaughter | (Cantonese) so | bustling; tumultuous; noisy | ||
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trad. (鬼殺咁嘈) | 鬼 | 殺 | 咁 | 嘈 | |
simp. (鬼杀咁嘈) | 鬼 | 杀 | 咁 | 嘈 | |
Literally: “as noisy as killing ghosts”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai2 saat3 gam3 cou4
- Yale: gwái saat gam chòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai2 saat8 gam3 tsou4
- Guangdong Romanization: guei2 sad3 gem3 cou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ saːt̚³ kɐm³³ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit鬼殺咁嘈
- (Cantonese, figurative) to be very noisy
- (Cantonese, figurative) to complain loudly