食花生

Chinese

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Etymology

From an advertisement of Planters, with the slogan 食住花生等睇戲 (sik⁶ zyu⁶ faa¹ sang¹ dang² tai² hei³, “Let's have some peanuts while watching movies”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ faa¹ sang¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ faa¹ sang¹
  - Yale: sihk fā sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ faa¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ fa¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² faː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽花生 (verb-object)

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are

Synonyms

看熱鬧／看热闹 (kàn rènao)
吃瓜 (chīguā)

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