手指拗出唔拗入
Chinese
| finger; flash drive; thumb drive | stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two |
to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two |
to enter | ||
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| trad. (手指拗出唔拗入) | 手指 | 拗 | 出 | 唔 | 拗 | 入 | |
| simp. #(手指拗出唔拗入) | 手指 | 拗 | 出 | 唔 | 拗 | 入 | |
| Literally: “fingers bend out and don't bend in”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau2 zi2 aau2 ceot1 m4 aau2 jap6
- Yale: sáu jí áau chēut m̀h áau yahp
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau2 dzi2 aau2 tsoet7 m4 aau2 jap9
- Guangdong Romanization: seo2 ji2 ao2 cêd1 m4 ao2 yeb6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ aːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ m̩²¹ aːu̯³⁵ jɐp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
手指拗出唔拗入
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 胳膊肘朝外拐 (“to side with outsiders rather than one's own”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 胳膊肘朝外拐, 胳膊肘往外拐, 胳膊肘向外拐 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 胳膊肘兒往外拐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 胳膊肘兒往外拐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指拗出, 手指拗出唔拗入 |
| Hong Kong | 手指拗出唔拗入 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 胳膊往外曲 |