sor9ry
Chinese
Alternative forms
- sor鳩ry / sor鸠ry, sor9ly, sorr9y, so99y, 梳9梨
Etymology
Tmesis of English sorry + 鳩 / 鸠 (gau1, “freaking”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: so1 gau1 li4
- Yale: sō gāu lìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: so1 gau1 li4
- Guangdong Romanization: so1 geo1 li4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵ liː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Interjection
sor9ry