掂過轆蔗

掂過轆蔗

Chinese

		straight; upright; settled straight; upright; settled; steady; OK	more ... than	classifier for segments of a cylindrical object	sugar cane
trad. (掂過轆蔗)		掂	過	轆	蔗
simp. (掂过辘蔗)		掂	过	辘	蔗
variant forms		掂過碌蔗／掂过碌蔗 𠶧過轆蔗／𠶧过辘蔗
Literally: “straighter than a piece of sugar cane”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim⁶ gwo³ luk¹ ze³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim⁶ gwo³ luk¹ ze³
    • Yale: dihm gwo lūk je
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim⁶ gwo³ luk⁷ dze³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim⁶ guo³ lug¹ zé³
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːm²² kʷɔː³³ lʊk̚⁵ t͡sɛː³³/

Idiom

掂過轆蔗

1. (Cantonese) finer than frog hair; everything is going well