small potato
Chinese
Etymology
From English small potatoes.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si6 mo1 pou6 tei1 tou4
- Yale: sih mō pouh tēi tòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: si6 mo1 pou6 tei1 tou4
- Guangdong Romanization: xi6 mo1 pou6 téi1 tou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː²² mɔː⁵⁵ pʰou̯²² tʰei̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
small potato
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) small potatoes; a person of relatively little importance