慢過萬金油
Chinese
| slow | more than | tiger balm; heat rub; liniment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慢過萬金油) | 慢 | 過 | 萬金油 | |
| simp. (慢过万金油) | 慢 | 过 | 万金油 | |
| Literally: “slower than tiger balm”. | ||||
Etymology
A pun on the first syllable of 萬金油 / 万金油 (maan6 gam1 jau4), which is homophonous to 慢 (maan6).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 gwo3 maan6 gam1 jau4
- Yale: maahn gwo maahn gām yàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 gwo3 maan6 gam1 jau4
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 guo3 man6 gem1 yeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² kʷɔː³³ maːn²² kɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
慢過萬金油
- (Cantonese, simile) very slow
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- 但隻船開得仲慢過萬金油，唔單止悶咗廿五分鐘，仲要成三十幾蚊美金一個人，呃遊客！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- daan6 zek3 syun4 hoi1 dak1 zung6 maan6 gwo3 maan6 gam1 jau4, m4 daan1 zi2 mun6 zo2 jaa6 ng5 fan1 zung1, zung6 jiu3 seng4 saam1 sap6 gei2 man4-1 mei5 gam1 jat1 go3 jan4, ngaak1 jau4 haak3! [Jyutping]
- But the boat was even "slower than tiger balm". Not only was I bored for 25 minutes, it costed over 30 US dollars per person. What a tourist trap!
但只船开得仲慢过万金油，唔单止闷咗廿五分钟，仲要成三十几蚊美金一个人，呃游客！ [Cantonese, simp.]
- 2018, 咕喱仔, 自強不息——逆流而上的故事, Hong Kong: 青森文化, →ISBN, page 21:
- 咕喱仔眼見東莞陳當時揸車嘅速度仲慢過萬金油…… [Cantonese, trad.]
- gu1 lei1 zai2 ngaan5 gin3 dung1 gun2 can4-2 dong1 si4 zaa1 ce1 ge3 cuk1 dou6 zung6 maan6 gwo3 maan6 gam1 jau4...... [Jyutping]
- Little Coolie saw that Dongguan Chan's driving speed at that time was even "slower than tiger balm"...
咕喱仔眼见东莞陈当时揸车嘅速度仲慢过万金油…… [Cantonese, simp.]
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