慳水慳力
Chinese
| stingy | water; river | stingy | power; force; strength | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慳水慳力) | 慳 | 水 | 慳 | 力 | |
| simp. (悭水悭力) | 悭 | 水 | 悭 | 力 | |
| Literally: “to save water and effort”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haan1 seoi2 haan1 lik6
- Yale: hāan séui hāan lihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: haan1 soey2 haan1 lik9
- Guangdong Romanization: han1 sêu2 han1 lig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ haːn⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
慳水慳力
- (Cantonese) to do something efficiently