執手尾

See also: 执手尾

Chinese

		to pick up; to clean up	unfinished tasks; loose ends; problems following an event
trad. (執手尾)		執	手尾
simp. (执手尾)		执	手尾
alt. forms		輯手尾／辑手尾

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zap¹ sau² mei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zap² siu² mei²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zap¹ sau² mei⁵
  - Yale: jāp sáu méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ sau² mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ seo² méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zap² siu² mei²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁵⁵ siu⁵⁵ ᵐbei⁵⁵/

Verb

執手尾

(Cantonese) to pick up after somebody else; to clean up somebody else's mess

我又同你執手尾。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我又同你执手尾。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Ngo⁵ jau⁶ tung⁴ nei⁵ zap¹ sau² mei⁵. [Jyutping]
So, I still have to pick up after you again.

See also

收尾 (shōuwěi)
收拾殘局／收拾残局

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