非洲和尚——乞人憎 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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| Africa | to beg people to hate; annoying | |||
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| trad. (非洲和尚——乞人憎) | 非洲 | 和尚 | —— | 乞人憎 |
| simp. #(非洲和尚——乞人憎) | 非洲 | 和尚 | —— | 乞人憎 |
| alternative forms | 非洲和尚——黑人僧 | |||
| Literally: “African monk ― black monk/annoying”. |
An African monk is a black monk (黑人僧 (hak1 jan4 zang1)), which is a humorous near-homophonic pun of 乞人憎 (hat1 jan4 zang1, “annoying”).
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fei1 zau1 wo4 soeng6-2, hat1 jan4 zang1
- Yale: fēi jāu wòh séung, hāt yàhn jāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei1 dzau1 wo4 soeng6-2, hat7 jan4 dzang1
- Guangdong Romanization: féi1 zeo1 wo4 sêng6-2, hed1 yen4 zeng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵ hɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
非洲和尚——乞人憎