煲底
Chinese
| pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煲底) | 煲 | 底 | |
| simp. #(煲底) | 煲 | 底 | |
Etymology
The protest area is so called because it is under the Council block, which resembles a pot.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou1 dai2
- Yale: bōu dái
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou1 dai2
- Guangdong Romanization: bou1 dei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
煲底
- (Cantonese, literal) bottom of a pot
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) protest area of the Legislative Council Complex