掟煲

Chinese

			pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat
trad. (掟煲)		掟	煲
simp. ^#(掟煲)		掟	煲
Literally: “to throw a cooking pot”.

Etymology

From figurative sense. A cooking pot breaks when it is thrown onto the floor forcefully.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): deng³ bou¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: deng³ bou¹
  - Yale: deng bōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: deng³ bou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: déng³ bou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːŋ³³ pou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

掟⫽煲 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, of a couple) to break up

Derived terms

掟煲唔掟蓋／掟煲唔掟盖 (deng³ bou¹ m⁴ deng³ goi³) (Cantonese)

See also

箍煲

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