十個煲五個蓋

Chinese

		ten	(a measure word); individual	pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	five	(a measure word); individual	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (十個煲五個蓋)		十	個	煲	五	個	蓋
simp. (十个煲五个盖)		十	个	煲	五	个	盖
Literally: “ten pots and five lids”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ go³ bou¹ ng⁵ go³ goi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ go³ bou¹ ng⁵ go³ goi³
    • Yale: sahp go bōu ńgh go goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ go³ bou¹ ng⁵ go³ goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ go³ bou¹ ng⁵ go³ goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

Idiom

十個煲五個蓋

1. (Cantonese) Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖
   • 2018 November 26, “政情：公民講場：增醫護學額難止渴 陳肇始自吹自擂”, in 東方日報 [Oriental Daily]‎^[1]:

     公立醫院十個煲五個蓋，醫護人員不足嗌晒救命，而食物及衞生局局長陳肇始尋日就喺網誌重提施政報告落實增加醫護人手的措施，強調「未雨綢繆總勝過臨渴掘井」。

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