揸兜

Chinese

			pocket
trad. (揸兜)		揸	兜
simp. ^#(揸兜)		揸	兜

Etymology

"to fail in a subject in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE": From the resemblance of the letter U to a bowl. U is short for English unclassified as written on the results notice.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹ dau¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaa¹ dau¹
  - Yale: jā dāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa¹ dau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: za¹ deo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː⁵⁵ tɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

揸⫽兜 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to beg
個個揸住個兜 [Cantonese, trad.]
个个揸住个兜 [Cantonese, simp.]
go³ go³ zaa¹ zyu⁶ go³ dau¹ [Jyutping]
Everyone is begging (humorous rewritten lyrics for God Save the King)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to fail in a subject in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE

Synonyms

(beg for food): (Cantonese) 乞食 (hat¹ sik⁶)

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