獅子開大口

Chinese

		lion; bodhisattva	open; operate (vehicle); start	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (獅子開大口)		獅子	開	大	口
simp. (狮子开大口)		狮子	开	大	口

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ zi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²
  - Yale: sī jí hōi daaih háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² hoi¹ dai⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ taːi̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

獅子開大口

(Cantonese, figurative) to ask for an unjustly large amount of money and/or goods

Synonyms

獅子大開口／狮子大开口 (shīzi dà kāikǒu)

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