山草藥——噏得就噏

山草藥——噏得就噏

Chinese

		herbal medicine		(Cantonese) to babble	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	(Cantonese) to babble
trad. (山草藥——噏得就噏)		山草藥	——	噏	得	就	噏
simp. (山草药——噏得就噏)		山草药	——	噏	得	就	噏
alternative forms		生草藥——噏得就噏／生草药——噏得就噏
Literally: “herbal medicine - just apply it (on skin) if you want to”.

Etymology

噏 (ngap¹) is a homophonic pun of 罨 (ngap¹, “to apply medical ointment”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ cou² joek⁶, ngap¹ dak¹ zau⁶ ngap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ cou² joek⁶, ngap¹ dak¹ zau⁶ ngap¹
    • Yale: sāan chóu yeuhk, ngāp dāk jauh ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsou² joek⁹, ngap⁷ dak⁷ dzau⁶ ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ cou² yêg⁶, ngeb¹ deg¹ zeo⁶ ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jœ̽ːk̚² ŋɐp̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² ŋɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

山草藥——噏得就噏

1. (Cantonese, xiehouyu) to talk nonsense