出鐘

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (出鐘)		出	鐘
simp. (出钟)		出	钟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ zung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ zung¹
    • Yale: chēut jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

出鐘

1. (Cantonese, of a prostitute) to do an outcall
   • 1999, “屋村仔 Part 1”‎^[1]performed by LMF:

     個個唔生性 將D麻煩帶返家中 哥哥又吸毒 阿妹又出鐘 發生乜嘢事都有警察拜訪家中 連媽媽都話唔可以留多一秒鐘 [Cantonese, trad.]
     个个唔生性 将D麻烦带返家中 哥哥又吸毒 阿妹又出钟 发生乜嘢事都有警察拜访家中 连妈妈都话唔可以留多一秒钟 [Cantonese, simp.]

     go³ go³ m⁴ sang¹ sing³ zoeng¹ di¹ maa⁴ faan⁴ daai³ faan¹ gaa¹ zung¹ go^1-4 go¹ jau⁶ kap¹ duk⁶ aa³ mui^6-2 jau⁶ ceot¹ zung¹ faat³ sang¹ mat¹ je⁵ si⁶ dou¹ jau⁵ ging² caat³ baai³ fong² gaa¹ zung¹ lin⁴ maa^1-4 maa¹ dou¹ waa⁶ m⁴ ho² ji⁵ lau⁴ do¹ jat¹ miu⁵ zung¹ [Jyutping]

     Everyone is not well-behaved, bringing troubles back home / elder brother is taking drugs, younger sister is doing outcalls / no matter what happens the police visits our home / even mum says she couldn't stay for a second longer