執人口水尾

Chinese

		execute (a plan); grasp	man; person; people	spray of saliva; spittle
trad. (執人口水尾)		執	人	口水尾
simp. (执人口水尾)		执	人	口水尾
Literally: “to collect others' leftover saliva”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ jan⁴ hau² seoi² mei^5-1

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zap¹ jan⁴ hau² seoi² mei^5-1
  - Yale: jāp yàhn háu séui mēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ jan⁴ hau² soey² mei^5-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ yen⁴ heo² sêu² méi^5-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ jɐn²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ mei̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Verb

執人口水尾

(Cantonese) to repeat other's viewpoints; to parrot others' words

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 拾人牙慧 (shírényáhuì)

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