穿櫃桶底

穿櫃桶底

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	drawer	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (穿櫃桶底)		穿	櫃桶	底
simp. (穿柜桶底)		穿	柜桶	底
Literally: “to poke a hole through the bottom of a drawer”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ gwai⁶ tung² dai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ gwai⁶ tung² dai²
    • Yale: chyūn gwaih túng dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ gwai⁶ tung² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ guei⁶ tung² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯²² tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

穿櫃桶底

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) to have one's hand in the cookie jar; to embezzle funds

Synonyms

• 監守自盜／监守自盗
• (Cantonese) 落格