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Chinese
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(Cantonese) so
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frog
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anywhere in the streets
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jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat |
| trad. (咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳)
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咁
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大隻
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蛤乸
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隨街
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跳
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| simp. (咁大只蛤乸随街跳)
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咁
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大只
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蛤乸
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随街
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跳
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| Literally: “such a large frog jumping around in the streets”.
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Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3 / gam3 daai6 zek3 gaap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3 / gam3 daai6 zek3 gaap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3
- Yale: gam daaih jek gap ná chèuih gāai tiu / gam daaih jek gaap ná chèuih gāai tiu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam3 daai6 dzek8 gap8 naa2 tsoey4 gaai1 tiu3 / gam3 daai6 dzek8 gaap8 naa2 tsoey4 gaai1 tiu3
- Guangdong Romanization: gem3 dai6 zég3 geb3 na2 cêu4 gai1 tiu3 / gem3 dai6 zég3 gab3 na2 cêu4 gai1 tiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm³³ taːi̯²² t͡sɛːk̚³ kɐp̚³ naː³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯³³/, /kɐm³³ taːi̯²² t͡sɛːk̚³ kaːp̚³ naː³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯³³/
Idiom
咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳
- (Cantonese) something too good to be true
邊有咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
边有咁大只蛤乸随街跳㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]- bin1 jau5 gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3 gaa3?
- That's too good to be true!
Usage notes
Often used in rhetorical questions or negative sentences.