食螺絲

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	screw
trad. (食螺絲)		食	螺絲
simp. (食螺丝)		食	螺丝
Literally: “to eat screws”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ lo⁴ si¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ lo⁴ si¹
  - Yale: sihk lòh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ lo⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ lo⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

食⫽螺絲 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to fumble one's words

Synonyms

吃螺絲／吃螺丝 (chī luósī)

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