坐住個腦
Chinese
| to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) | to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop |
(a measure word); individual | brain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (坐住個腦) | 坐 | 住 | 個 | 腦 | |
| simp. (坐住个脑) | 坐 | 住 | 个 | 脑 | |
| Literally: “sitting on one's brain”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: co5 zyu6 go3 nou5
- Yale: chóh jyuh go nóuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tso5 dzy6 go3 nou5
- Guangdong Romanization: co5 ju6 go3 nou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ t͡syː²² kɔː³³ nou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
坐住個腦
Usage notes
Implies that the person's brains is in one's buttocks, hence uses their buttocks to carry out the functions of a brain.
Synonyms
- 坐住咗個腦／坐住咗个脑
- 個腦坐住咗／个脑坐住咗