士啤呔

士啤呔

Chinese

		spare; spare part	tyre
simp. and trad. (士啤呔)		士啤	呔
variant forms		士啤軚

Etymology

Borrowed from English spare tyre.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ be¹ taai¹

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
    • Yale: sih bē tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ be¹ taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bé¹ tai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɛː⁵⁵ tʰäːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

士啤呔

(Cantonese)

1. spare tyre (Classifier: 條／条)
2. (idiomatic) spare tyre; beer belly (Classifier: 條／条)

   • 要應付士啤呔，是一個艱巨的任務；而放棄處理，會有嚴重後果，不只外觀上。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     要应付士啤呔，是一个艰巨的任务；而放弃处理，会有严重后果，不只外观上。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016 February 24, 如何搣走士啤呔？, BK Milk 親子語

     Jiu³ jing³ fu⁶ si⁶ be¹ taai¹, si⁶ jat¹ go³ gaan¹ geoi⁶ dik¹ jam⁴ mou⁶; ji⁴ fong³ hei³ cyu² lei⁵, wui⁵ jau⁵ jim⁴ zung⁶ hau⁶ gwo², bat¹ zi² ngoi⁶ gun¹ soeng⁶. [Jyutping]

     Dealing with your spare tyre is a difficult task, yet if you give up on dealing with it, there will be serious consequences, not just with outward appearance.

Derived terms

士啤呔爆埋