篤魚蛋

Chinese

		to poke; to prod	fishball
trad. (篤魚蛋)		篤	魚蛋
simp. (笃鱼蛋)		笃	鱼蛋
Literally: “to poke fishball”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): duk¹ jyu⁴ daan^6-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk¹ jyu⁴ daan^6-2
  - Yale: dūk yùh dáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁷ jy⁴ daan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug¹ yu⁴ dan^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚⁵ jyː²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

篤⫽魚蛋 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to eat fishballs on a skewer; (in general) to enjoy streetfood
(Cantonese, figuratively) to injure one's finger(s) by being hit by a ball in a ball game (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

See also

吃蘿蔔乾／吃萝卜干

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