𦧲口水講過

𦧲口水講過

Chinese

			saliva; slobber; drool saliva; slobber; drool; argument; quarrel; verbal battle	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (𦧲口水講過)		𦧲	口水	講	過
simp. (𦧲口水讲过)		𦧲	口水	讲	过
Literally: “to spit out saliva and resay it”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loe¹ hau² seoi² gong² gwo³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loe¹ hau² seoi² gong² gwo³
    • Yale: lēu háu séui góng gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loe¹ hau² soey² gong² gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lê¹ heo² sêu² gong² guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ː⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ kʷɔː³³/

Verb

𦧲口水講過

1. (Cantonese) to retract words that are deemed unlucky or inappropriate

Usage notes

Usually used as an imperative after someone has said something unlucky or inappropriate.