失匙夾萬

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	spoon; key	safe
trad. (失匙夾萬)		失	匙	夾萬
simp. (失匙夹万)		失	匙	夹万
Literally: “a safe whose key is lost”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ si⁴ gaap³ maan⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ si⁴ gaap³ maan⁶
    • Yale: sāt sìh gaap maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ si⁴ gaap⁸ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ xi⁴ gab³ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ kaːp̚³ maːn²²/

Idiom

失匙夾萬

1. (Cantonese) person from a rich family who does not have access to his or her family's wealth