借聾耳陳隻耳

借聾耳陳隻耳

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	deaf	ear	arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	ear
trad. (借聾耳陳隻耳)		借	聾	耳	陳	隻	耳
simp. (借聋耳陈只耳)		借	聋	耳	陈	只	耳
Literally: “to borrow Deaf-eared Chan's ear”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ can^4-2 zek³ ji⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ can^4-2 zek³ ji⁵
    • Yale: je lùhng yíh chán jek yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ lung⁴ ji⁵ tsan^4-2 dzek⁸ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ lung⁴ yi⁵ cen² zég³ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ lʊŋ²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sʰɐn²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ jiː¹³/

Idiom

借聾耳陳隻耳

1. (Cantonese) to pretend not to hear; to ignore someone's advice or opinion

   你係咪借咗聾耳陳隻耳呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你系咪借咗聋耳陈只耳呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei⁵ hai⁶ mai⁶ ze³ zo² lung⁴ ji⁵ can⁴ zek³ ji⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Are you deaf? / Are you even listening to me?