糖黐豆
Chinese
| sugar; sweets; candy | bean; sacrificial vessel | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (糖黐豆) | 糖 | 黐 | 豆 | |
| simp. #(糖黐豆) | 糖 | 黐 | 豆 | |
| Literally: “beans stuck together by molasses”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tong4 ci1 dau6-2
- Yale: tòhng chī dáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tong4 tsi1 dau6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: tong4 qi1 deo6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
糖黐豆
- (Cantonese, figurative) inseparable; as thick as thieves
Derived terms
- 一時糖黐豆,一時水溝油 / 一时糖黐豆,一时水沟油