攝灶罅
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]assist; collect; absorb | kitchen stove | crack; grudge | ||
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trad. (攝灶罅) | 攝 | 灶 | 罅 | |
simp. (摄灶罅) | 摄 | 灶 | 罅 | |
Literally: “to squeeze into the gap under the kitchen stove”. |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sip3 zou3 laa3
- Yale: sip jou la
- Cantonese Pinyin: sip8 dzou3 laa3
- Guangdong Romanization: xib3 zou3 la3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːp̚³ t͡sou̯³³ laː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]攝⫽灶罅 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, of a woman) to be left on the shelf; to remain unmarried