瘦蜢蜢

瘦蜢蜢

1. (Cantonese, ideophonic) very skinny; scrawny; being skin and bones
   • 2018 July 18, AM.C, 我的極品四大長老 [My Goodest Parents-in-law], Hong Kong: 點子出版 [Idea Publication], →ISBN, page 180:

     但結果有次我去未來老公屋企食飯，未來奶奶一見到我，就好勞氣咁話我減到瘦蜢蜢，到時俾親戚見到佢個新抱冇乜肉地，以為唔好生養呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     但结果有次我去未来老公屋企食饭，未来奶奶一见到我，就好劳气咁话我减到瘦蜢蜢，到时俾亲戚见到佢个新抱冇乜肉地，以为唔好生养呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     daan⁶ git³ gwo² jau⁵ ci³ ngo⁵ heoi³ mei⁶ loi⁴ lou⁵ gung¹ uk¹ kei² sik⁶ faan⁶, mei⁶ loi⁴ naai^5-4 naai^5-2 jat¹ gin³ dou^3-2 ngo⁵, zau⁶ hou² lou⁴ hei³ gam² waa⁶ ngo⁵ gaam² dou³ sau³ maang^5-2 maang^5-2, dou³ si⁴ bei² can¹ cik¹ gin³ dou^3-2 keoi⁵ go³ san¹ pou⁵ mou⁵ mat¹ juk⁶ dei^6-2, ji⁵ wai⁴ m⁴ hou² saang¹ joeng⁵ aa³. [Jyutping]

     But the result was that once when I went over to my future husband's house for dinner, my future mother-in-law took one look at me and angrily said I'd dieted so much I was all skin and bones, and when her family saw her daughter-in-law had no meat on her bones, they'd think I'd had a bad upbringing.

2. (Cantonese, of meat) very lean

• 肥嘟嘟, 肥揗揗