賣鹹鴨蛋

See also: 卖咸鸭蛋

Chinese

		sell	salted egg; salted duck egg
trad. (賣鹹鴨蛋)		賣	鹹鴨蛋
simp. (卖咸鸭蛋)		卖	咸鸭蛋
Literally: “to sell salted duck eggs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mài xiányādàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄚㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ haam⁴ aap³ daan^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mài xiányādàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄚㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may shyaniadann
  - IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ i̯a̠⁵⁵ ta̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ haam⁴ aap³ daan^6-2
  - Yale: maaih hàahm aap dáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ haam⁴ aap⁸ daan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ ham⁴ ab³ dan²
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːi̯²² hɑːm²¹ ɑːp̚³ tɑːn²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

賣鹹鴨蛋

(Cantonese, euphemistic) to have died; to have passed away

Synonyms

(Hakka) 轉長山賣鴨卵／转长山卖鸭卵 (chón Chhòng-sân mai ap-lón)
(Min Nan) 去蘇州賣鴨卵／去苏州卖鸭卵

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