墊屍底
Chinese
| pad; cushion; mat | corpse | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (墊屍底) | 墊 | 屍 | 底 | |
| simp. (垫尸底) | 垫 | 尸 | 底 | |
| Literally: “to serve as cushioning for a corpse; i.e. to die earlier than someone else”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zin3 si1 dai2
- Yale: jin sī dái
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzin3 si1 dai2
- Guangdong Romanization: jin3 xi1 dei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siːn³³ siː⁵⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
墊屍底
- (Cantonese) to bring someone else down along with oneself