老舉埋年——算鳩數

Chinese

		female prostitute			regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (老舉埋年——算鳩數)		老舉	埋年	——	算	鳩	數
simp. (老举埋年——算鸠数)		老举	埋年	——	算	鸠	数
Literally: “a prostitute near the end of a year―keeping penis accounts”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ geoi² maai⁴ nin⁴, syun³ gau¹ sou³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ geoi² maai⁴ nin⁴, syun³ gau¹ sou³
    • Yale: lóuh géui màaih nìhn, syun gāu sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ goey² maai⁴ nin⁴, syn³ gau¹ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gêu² mai⁴ nin⁴, xun³ geo¹ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kɵy̯³⁵ maːi̯²¹ niːn²¹ syːn³³ kɐu̯⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

Idiom

老舉埋年——算鳩數

1. (Cantonese) forget about it

See also

• 算數／算数 (suànshù)