放鴿子

放鴿子

See also: 放鸽子

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	pigeon; dove
trad. (放鴿子)		放	鴿子
simp. (放鸽子)		放	鸽子
Literally: “to release a pigeon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàng gēzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ gap³ zi²
• Wu (Wiktionary): faan (T2) + keq tsr (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fàng gēzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄍㄜ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq ge.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ gap³ zi²
    • Yale: fong gap jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ gap⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ geb³ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ kɐp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: faan (T2) + keq tsr (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑ̃⁴⁴  kəʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

放鴿子

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to stand someone up someone; to fail to show up

   你竟敢放我鴿子！ / 你竟敢放我鸽子！  ―  Nǐ jìng gǎn fàng wǒ gēzi!  ―  How dare you stand me up!

2. (colloquial) to drive off passengers before arriving at the destination
3. (colloquial) to abandon someone from a group activity
4. (Wu) to speak idly; to go back on one's words

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		爽約
Mandarin	Beijing	放鴿子
	Taiwan	放鴿子
	Malaysia	放飛機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	放飛機
	Hong Kong	放飛機
Min Nan	Taipei	放粉鳥
	Kaohsiung	放粉鳥
	Penang	放飛機