食蕉

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	banana
trad. (食蕉)		食	蕉
simp. ^#(食蕉)		食	蕉

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ ziu¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ ziu¹
  - Yale: sihk jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From the resemblance of shape of banana with a penis.

Verb

食⫽蕉 (verb-object) (Cantonese)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 食,‎ 蕉: to eat a banana
(figurative, vulgar) to perform oral sex
Synonyms: 口交 (kǒujiāo), 含撚
(figurative, vulgar, derogatory) to go eat shit; to go to hell
Synonyms: 含撚, 食屎

請你食蕉。／请你食蕉。 [Cantonese] ― ceng² nei⁵ sik⁶ ziu¹. [Jyutping] ― Go fuck yourself. (literally, “[I] invite you to have a banana.”)

Synonyms

喫蕉／吃蕉 (jaak3 ziu1)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English security.

Noun

食蕉

(Cantonese, humorous) security guard
- 2002, Johnnie To, Fat Choi Spirit‎^[1], Sean Lau Ching-wan (actor):
  
  食蕉！家陣啲人可以打完又打、打完又打、打完又打、打完又打、打完又打，噉點打呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
  食蕉！家阵啲人可以打完又打、打完又打、打完又打、打完又打、打完又打，噉点打呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
  sik⁶ ziu¹! gaa¹ zan^6-2 di¹ jan⁴ ho² ji⁵ daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², daa² jyun⁴ jau⁶ daa², gam² dim² daa² aa³? [Jyutping]
  Security guards! How can people now play again and again and again and again and again? Then how can we play?

Synonyms

保安 (bǎo'ān)
保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
(Cantonese) 看更 (kāngēng)
(Hong Kong Cantonese) 石Q