食人隻車

Chinese

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Etymology

In Chinese chess, the rook (車／车 or 俥／伡) can move forward, backward or sideways on any rank, and can move as many squares as it likes as long as it is not blocked by another piece or the square is not occupied, similar to Western chess. This makes it the second most important piece in the game.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ jan⁴ zek³ geoi¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ jan⁴ zek³ geoi¹
  - Yale: sihk yàhn jek gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ jan⁴ dzek⁸ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ yen⁴ zég³ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² jɐn²¹ t͡sɛːk̚³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

食人隻車

(Cantonese) to have unreasonable demands; to exploit or expropriate the belongings of others

Usage notes

人 can be replaced with any person or any personal pronouns.

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