甩褲

Chinese

	to fall off	drawers; trousers; pants
trad. (甩褲)	甩	褲
simp. (甩裤)	甩	裤
Literally: “to have one's pants fall off”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lat¹ fu³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lat¹ fu³
  - Yale: lāt fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lat⁷ fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: led¹ fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐt̚⁵ fuː³³/

Verb

甩褲

(Cantonese) to be utterly miserable or humiliated
告到佢甩褲／告到佢甩裤 [Cantonese] ― gou³ dou³ keoi⁵ lat¹ fu³ [Jyutping] ― to sue them to their misery
- 2015, 梁心欣, “國美幾時再爆？”, in 《港股策略王》, number 47, page 41:
  
  唔少人一聽到「恐襲」就與美國當年 911 事件相比，依我見，大部分人都極度恐慌地於周一早上狠沽手上批貨，以免重蹈覆轍，輸到甩褲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  唔少人一听到「恐袭」就与美国当年 911 事件相比，依我见，大部分人都极度恐慌地于周一早上狠沽手上批货，以免重蹈覆辙，输到甩裤。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  m⁴ siu² jan⁴ jat¹ teng¹ dou^3-2 “hung² zaap⁶” zau⁶ jyu⁵ mei⁵ gwok³ dong¹ nin⁴ 911 si⁶ gin^6-2 soeng¹ bei², ji¹ ngo⁵ gin³, daai⁶ bou⁶ fan⁶ jan⁴ dou¹ gik⁶ dou⁶ hung² fong¹ dei⁶ jyu¹ zau¹ jat¹ zou² soeng⁶ han² gu¹ sau² soeng⁶ pai¹ fo³, ji⁵ min⁵ cung⁴ dou⁶ fuk¹ cit³, syu¹ dou³ lat¹ fu³. [Jyutping]
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- 2016, 于日辰, 倫敦金之《潛龍勿用》 [Lon Don Gold 2], Hong Kong: 點子出版, →ISBN, page 193:
  
  呢 Lot 貨造成咁實畀人嘈到甩褲喎 [Cantonese, trad.]
  呢 Lot 货造成咁实畀人嘈到甩裤㖞 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ni¹ lot¹ fo³ zou⁶ seng⁴ gam² sat⁶ bei² jan⁴ cou⁴ dou³ lat¹ fu³ wo³ [Jyutping]
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Usage notes

Usually used in a complement of extent with 到 (dou³).

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