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Chinese
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black and white
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swan
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day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) |
to nag
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night
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to nag
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| trad. (黑白天鵝——日哦夜哦)
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黑白
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天鵝
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——
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日
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哦
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夜
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哦
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| simp. (黑白天鹅——日哦夜哦)
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黑白
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天鹅
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——
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日
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哦
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夜
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哦
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| Literally: “black and white swans — to nag day and night”.
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Etymology
A xiehouyu playing on the homophones 鵝 / 鹅 (ngo4, “goose”) and 哦 (ngo4, “to nag”), thus the first part being able to be interpreted as black and white sky-geese (swans) or as black (night) and white (day) sky nagging.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hak1 baak6 tin1 ngo4, jat6 ngo4 je6 ngo4 / haak1 baak6 tin1 ngo4, jat6 ngo4 je6 ngo4
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hak1 baak6 tin1 ngo4, jat6 ngo4 je6 ngo4 / haak1 baak6 tin1 ngo4, jat6 ngo4 je6 ngo4
- Yale: hāk baahk tīn ngòh, yaht ngòh yeh ngòh / hāak baahk tīn ngòh, yaht ngòh yeh ngòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hak7 baak9 tin1 ngo4, jat9 ngo4 je6 ngo4 / haak7 baak9 tin1 ngo4, jat9 ngo4 je6 ngo4
- Guangdong Romanization: heg1 bag6 tin1 ngo4, yed6 ngo4 yé6 ngo4 / hag1 bag6 tin1 ngo4, yed6 ngo4 yé6 ngo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐk̚⁵ paːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ jɐt̚² ŋɔː²¹ jɛː²² ŋɔː²¹/, /haːk̚⁵ paːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ jɐt̚² ŋɔː²¹ jɛː²² ŋɔː²¹/
Idiom
黑白天鵝——日哦夜哦
- (Cantonese) to nag endlessly