靚到沊一聲

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹
  - Yale: leng dou dám yāt sēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ dou³ dam² jat⁷ seng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: léng³ dou³ dem² yed¹ séng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ tou̯³³ tɐm³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

靚到沊一聲

(Cantonese) very beautiful, especially of a woman
- 「沊！沊！沊！沊！沊！」「唔係呀嗎？咁正，你都抌？」「嘿嘿，靚到沊一聲」！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  “沊！沊！沊！沊！沊！”“唔系呀吗？咁正，你都抌？”“嘿嘿，靓到沊一声”！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1994, Stephen Chow, Hail the Judge (spoken by Tongzhi Emperor)
  “dam²! dam²! dam²! dam²! dam²!” “m⁴ hai⁶ aa³ maa¹? gam³ zeng³, nei⁵ dou¹ dam²?” “hei¹ hei¹, leng³ dou³ dam² jat¹ seng¹”! [Jyutping]
  “Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!” “How can you let her go? She's so pretty!” “Hehe, I'm saying that she's gorgeous!” (original text was a pun of 沊 (dam², “sound of object dropping into water”) and 抌 (dam², “to throw away”))

Related terms

沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)

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