煠吓煠吓

Chinese

		to boil	a moment	to boil	a moment
trad. (煠吓煠吓)		煠	吓	煠	吓
simp. #(煠吓煠吓)		煠	吓	煠	吓
alternative forms		熠吓熠吓 烚吓烚吓 拾吓拾吓 霎吓霎吓

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap⁶ haa⁵ saap⁶ haa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap⁶ haa⁵ saap⁶ haa⁵
    • Yale: saahp háh saahp háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁹ haa⁵ saap⁹ haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab⁶ ha⁵ sab⁶ ha⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚² haː¹³ saːp̚² haː¹³/

Idiom

煠吓煠吓

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) to look foolish, daft; to be thick-headed, to space out, to be inattentive to the situation

   • 你咪煠吓煠吓噉，快啲過嚟幫手啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你咪煠吓煠吓噉，快啲过嚟帮手啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ mai¹ saap⁶ haa⁵ saap⁶ haa⁵ gam², faai³ di¹ gwo³ lai⁴ bong¹ sau² laa¹. [Jyutping]

     Quit just spacing out and give me a hand.

Synonyms

• 一怔 (yīlèng)
• 卬去 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 愣
• 戇去／戆去 (Hokkien)
• 發呆／发呆 (fādāi)
• 發吽哣／发吽哣 (faat³ ngau⁶ dau⁶) (Cantonese)
• 發愣／发愣 (fālèng)
• 發懵／发懵 (fāměng)
• 發痴／发痴 (fa⁶ chr¹) (Xiang)