食螺絲

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	screw
trad. (食螺絲)		食	螺絲
simp. (食螺丝)		食	螺丝
Literally: “to eat screws”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ lo⁴ si¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ lo⁴ si¹
    • Yale: sihk lòh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ lo⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ lo⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽螺絲 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to fumble one's words

Synonyms

• 吃螺絲／吃螺丝 (chī luósī)