戴頭盔
Chinese
to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves) |
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| trad. (戴頭盔) | 戴 | 頭盔 | |
| simp. (戴头盔) | 戴 | 头盔 | |
Etymology
Back-formation from 又要威，又要戴頭盔 / 又要威，又要戴头盔
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai3 tau4 kwai1
- Yale: daai tàuh kwāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai3 tau4 kwai1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai3 teo4 kuei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
戴⫽頭盔 (verb-object)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 戴 (dài), 頭盔 / 头盔 (tóukuī).
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to put up a disclaimer or cautiously word in fear of having to take responsibility for making mistakes [2010s]