鬼佬月餅——悶極

鬼佬月餅——悶極

Chinese

		gweilo; "foreign devil"; Caucasian gweilo; "foreign devil"; Caucasian; whitey	mooncake		melancholy; smother; stuffy	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (鬼佬月餅——悶極)		鬼佬	月餅	——	悶	極
simp. (鬼佬月饼——闷极)		鬼佬	月饼	——	闷	极
variant forms		番鬼佬月餅——悶極／番鬼佬月饼——闷极
Literally: “foreigner's mooncake—very bored”.

Etymology

A xiehouyu, from the fact that Cantonese 悶極 (mun6 gik6) sounds like English mooncake.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² lou² jyut⁶ beng², mun⁶ gik⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² lou² jyut⁶ beng², mun⁶ gik⁶
    • Yale: gwái lóu yuht béng, muhn gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² lou² jyt⁹ beng², mun⁶ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² lou² yud⁶ béng², mun⁶ gig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵ jyːt̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ muːn²² kɪk̚²/

Idiom

鬼佬月餅——悶極

1. (Cantonese, xiehouyu) very bored