死牛一便頸

死牛一便頸

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	ox; cow; bull	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	side	neck
trad. (死牛一便頸)		死	牛	一	便	頸
simp. (死牛一便颈)		死	牛	一	便	颈
variant forms		死牛一邊頸／死牛一边颈
Literally: “dead ox (turned to) one side of the neck”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² ngau⁴ jat¹ bin⁶ geng²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² ngau⁴ jat¹ bin⁶ geng²
    • Yale: séi ngàuh yāt bihn géng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² ngau⁴ jat⁷ bin⁶ geng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² ngeo⁴ yed¹ bin⁶ géng²
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ piːn²² kɛːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

死牛一便頸

1. (Cantonese) stubborn as a mule; bull-headed; stiff-necked