凍過水

See also: 冻过水

Chinese

		to freeze	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	water; river
trad. (凍過水)		凍	過	水
simp. (冻过水)		冻	过	水
Literally: “colder than water”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): dung³ gwo³ seoi²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung³ gwo³ seoi²
  - Yale: dung gwo séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung³ gwo³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung³ guo³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³³ kʷɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Adjective

凍過水

(Cantonese, simile) very cold
(Cantonese, figurative) lacking hope; not looking good; about to be done for
- 2015 July 15, 珍寶豬, 診所低能奇觀 2 [Funny Clinic 2], Hong Kong: Idea Publication, →ISBN, page 156:
  
  你嘔吐喺度，你條命仔凍過水就有份！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你呕吐喺度，你条命仔冻过水就有份！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ au² tou³ hai² dou⁶, nei⁵ tiu⁴ meng⁶ zai² dung³ gwo³ seoi² zau⁶ jau⁵ fan^6-2! [Jyutping]
  If you vomit here, you're going to be dead meat [literally, what you'll have your share of is that your little life is not looking good]!
- 2021 July 14, 少少肥, “職業治療師”, in 純文字 [Text Only], Hong Kong: Idea Publication, →ISBN, page 247:
  
  溝通真係好重要，當雙方是但一方拒絕溝通，段關係都凍過水 [Cantonese, trad.]
  沟通真系好重要，当双方是但一方拒绝沟通，段关系都冻过水 [Cantonese, simp.]
  kau¹ tung¹ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² zung⁶ jiu³, dong¹ soeng¹ fong¹ si⁶ daan⁶ jat¹ fong¹ keoi⁵ zyut⁶ kau¹ tung¹, dyun⁶ gwaan¹ hai⁶ dou¹ dung³ gwo³ seoi² [Jyutping]
  Communication really is very important. When one side refuses to communicate, the relationship is about to be done for

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