厚多士
Chinese
| generous; thick (for flat things) | toast | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (厚多士) | 厚 | 多士 | |
| simp. #(厚多士) | 厚 | 多士 | |
Etymology
Corruption of 好多事 (hou2 do1 si6), popularized through a video on YouTube in 2014, in which a woman was yelling this phrase with Mainland accent.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau5 do1 si6-2
- Yale: háuh dō sí
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau5 do1 si6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: heo5 do1 xi6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯¹³ tɔː⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
厚多士
Adjective
厚多士
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) meddlesome [2010s]