花打

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (花打)		花	打
simp. ^#(花打)		花	打
anagram		打花

Etymology

From English father.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ daa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ daa²
  - Yale: fā dá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ daa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ da²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

Noun

花打

(Cantonese, informal, sometimes humorous) father
- 1988, “你有你講(佢有佢講)”, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  我個媽打跟我個花打好一對鷸蚌 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我个妈打跟我个花打好一对鹬蚌 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ go³ maa¹ daa² gan¹ ngo⁵ go³ faa¹ daa² hou² jat¹ deoi³ leot⁶ pong⁵ [Jyutping]
  My mother and my father are sworn enemies

Coordinate terms

媽打／妈打, 巴打, 絲打／丝打